Drawing from Nature: A Series of Progressive Instructions in Sketching, from Elementary Studies to Finished Views.

Language: English

Published by Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer, London, 1865

ISBN 13: 1110002938672

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Drawing from Nature, published in 1865, followed two of Barnard's earlier and equally practical instructional works, The Theory and Practice of Landscape Painting in Watercolours (1857) and The Handbook of Foliage and Foreground Drawing (1853), and represents the culmination of his teaching method: a progressive course moving the student from elementary exercises through to finished landscape views, illustrated throughout with examples drawn from his own extensive travels and sketching expeditions in Switzerland and the Pyrenees. The volume contains appended lectures, delivered by Barnard to his pupils at Rugby School, providing a rare and interesting view into mid-Victorian art and education as practiced within one of England's foremost educational institutions. Drawing from Nature: A Series of Progressive Instructions in Sketching, from Elementary Studies to Finished Views, with Examples from Switzerland and the Pyrenees; to which are Appended Lectures on Art Delivered at Rugby School. First edition. Royal Octavo. viii, 348 pp. Original green buckram boards. Lettered and patterned in gilt to cover and spine. Top edge gilt. Eighteen toned and coloured lithographic plates, and more than one hundred woodcut illustrations throughout. Some restorative work previously done to binding (evidence of adhesive along front spine crease). Binding tight. Contents very good, some spotting and occasional toning throughout. Overall, a lovely copy. Please note: This is a substantial volume. Additional postage costs may apply. If so, we will contact you after purchase.…

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Title
Drawing from Nature: A Series of Progressive Instructions in Sketching, from Elementary Studies to Finished Views.
Author
Barnard, George
Publisher
Longman, Green, Reader, and Dyer, London
Publication year
1865
Condition
Very good
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
Edition
1st Edition
Printing
1st Printing
Item weight
2,000 grams

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