Watercolor drawing of the fictional archbishop in Lesage's novel Gil Blas; bust length, turned slightly right; overweight, with white hair and bushy white eyebrows; wearing a mitre, pectoral cross, and chasuble
Description:
Title written below image., Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 210., and Bound in as page 80 in volume 9 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape. By Alexander
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
2. Streaky clouds at the top of the sky, 3. Streaky clouds at the bottom of the sky, and 4. Half cloud half plain, the clouds darker than the plain or blue part & darker at the top then the bottom
Subject (Name):
Drawing--Study and teaching and Drawing--Technique
Collection Created:
London : Printed for the author, by J. Dixwell, in St. Martin’s Lane: and sold by Mr. A. Cozens, no. 4, Leicester Street, Leicester Fields; and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, [1785]
A new method of assisting the invention in drawing original compositions of landscape. By Alexander
Image Count:
1
Alternative Title:
6. Half cloud half plain, the clouds lighter than the plain part, & darker at the top than the bottom. The tint twice over in the plain part, & once in the clouds., 7. The same as the last, but darker at the bottom than the top., and 8. Half cloud half plain, the lights of the clouds lighter, and the shades darker than the plain part and darker at the top than the bottom. The tint once over in the plain part, and twice in the clouds
Subject (Topic):
Drawing --Study and teaching and Drawing --Technique
Collection Created:
London : Printed for the author, by J. Dixwell, in St. Martin’s Lane: and sold by Mr. A. Cozens, no. 4, Leicester Street, Leicester Fields; and J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, [1785]