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Hassell, J.

The Camera; or Art of Drawing in Water Colours; with Instructions for Sketching from Nature, comprising the Whole Process of Water-coloured Drawing, Shadowing and Tinting a Complete Landscape

1823

185.18 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1823
Place of printing
London. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall
Author
Hassell, J.
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Art Color Plate & Fine Illus art
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23 x 14.5 cm]; iv, [5] - 32 pp, 3 foldout plates including hand colored frontis, being three states of the same view, one in outline, one in aquatint, and the third a hand-colored aquatint. later boards with title label on front cover, spine a little faded, some minor foxing in a few margins, a near fine copy with good-sized margins. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author, a master engraver and artist, presents a method for drawing, using a rural scene as example at different stages, with the outline plate showing perspective lines, up to the coloring including directions for compounding and using colors, sepia, Indian ink, bister, etc. Hardie (English Coloured Books) p. 121: 'He was one of the first to apply colour to aquatint'. BMC II:876.330.
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