All draughtsmen's assistant, or, Drawing made easy : wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar in ten instructive lessons comprised under the following heads : l. features and limbs, 2. profiles and ovals, 3. whole figures, 4. drapery, 5. light and shade, 6. landscapes, 7. perspective, 8. enlarging and contracting, 9. imitation of life, 10. history : explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on copper-plates, neatly engraved : with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art and observations on design as well in regard to theory as practise / by the author of The artist's assistant.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and print-sellers, (No. 53) Fleet-street, [177-?]
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [62] leaves of plates : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Advertisements: "New drawing books printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett:" [1] p. at front.
Exhibition History:
The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05)
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Whateley, Margaret W. -- Autograph. | Sayer, R. -- Publisher. | Bennett, J. -- Publisher. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [177-?]. | Etching -- Specimens -- [177-?].
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Handbooks and manuals.
Contributors:
Byrne, William, 1743-1805, engraver. | Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, engraver. | Smith, William, ill. | Fougeron, Ignace, active 18th century-19th century, engraver. | Peak, James, 1729-1782?, engraver. | Roberts, James, 1725-1799, engraver. | Collet, John, 1725?-1780, ill. | Cleveley, John, 1747-1786, ill.