The student's treasure , MDCCLXXXIX [1789]
- Title(s):
The student's treasure : a new drawing book, consisting in a variety of etchings and engravings executed by Irish artists, after the following great masters, viz : Angelica, Cipriani, Bartolozzi, Wheatly, Vivaries, West, Bertrand, Rowlandson, Stubbs, Zucchi, Mortimer, Howit, Gilray, Boucher, Gainsborough, &c. &c.
- Published/Created:
- Dublin [Ireland] : Printed and published for William Allen, map and print seller No. 32, New-Buildings, Dame-Street, MDCCLXXXIX [1789].
- Physical Description:
- 8, [2] p., [19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsNC660 .S78 1789+ OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3089682
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engraved vignette on t.p.
"A descriptive sketch. The following lines, taken from the manuscript by Mr. W. P. Carey, (in a collection of his poems now preparing for the Press) are so applicable to our subject and do so much credit to his judgment as an artist, and abilities as a poet, that the publisher is happy in having it in his power to give this extract"-P. [1]-[2].
Final plate possibly not part of work as originally issued.
English short title catalogue, N39964 - Subject Terms:
- Allen, William. -- Publisher.Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Drawing -- Technique.Engraving, Irish -- Early works to 1800.
- Form/Genre:
- Drawing books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Soft-ground etchings -- 1789. - Export:
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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