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| 100 | 1 | # | $a Hassell, John |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | $a Aqua pictura. : $b Illustrated by a series of original specimens from the works of Messrs. Payne, Munn, Francia, Samuel, Varley, Wheatley, Young, Christal, Cartwright, Girtin, Clennell, Cox, Prout, Hills, Dewint, Owen, Glover, Turner, Loutherbourg, &c. &c. Exhibiting the works of the most approved modern water coloured draftsmen, with their style & method of touch, engraved and finished in progressive examples. / $c by J. Hassell. |
| 250 | # | # | $a Secomd edition. |
| 260 | # | # | $a London $b Printed for the proprietors, and sold by Hassell & Co. 11, Clement's Inn, Strand ; and Messrs. Sherwood, Neely & Co. 20, Paternoster-Row $c [1818] |
| 300 | # | # | $a [20] leaves, 72 unnumbered leaves of plates : $b illus. (some col.) ; $c 330 x 485 mm. |
| 500 | # | # | $a This work originally appeared in monthly parts. It consists of 18 sets of plates illustrating 19 watercolours by the named artists (the plates after Wheatley and Young are printed together on one sheet). Each set is in 4 states (in this volume in the order hand-coloured aquatint, aquatint with background tint, aquatint, etched outline) and accompanied by a leaf of descriptive letterpress, with additional hand-colouring in text giving instructions for colouring and shading. The Introduction, dated March 1, 1813, is signed by Hassell & Co. The etched outline plates are without imprint; the others have imprint: London, Pub. July 1, 1818, by T. McLean. The printer, noted at the foot of the title-page, was W. Wilson, Printer, 4 Greville-Street, Hatton-Garden, London. |
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$a The sets of plates illustrate: 1. 'View on the River Wye' after William Payne 2. 'View of Llantony Abbey, Monmouthshire' after P. S. Munn 3. 'Dover Castle' after L. Francia 4. 'Westerham Mill, Kent' after G. Samuel 5. 'View near Dolgelly (Cader Idris)' after John Varley 6. 'Haymakers' after Francis Wheatley and 'Study of a Landscape' after J. Young 7. 'Moel y Shaboed, Carnarvonshire' after J. Christal [Joshua Cristall] 8. 'A breeze' after Joshua Cartwright 9. 'Tattershall Castle, Lincolnshire' after Thomas Girtin 10. 'Sportsmen' after Luke Clennell 11. 'View of London, from Stockwell' after D. Cox 12. 'Shaugh Bridge, Devon' after S. Prout 13. 'A Gloucestershire Team of Oxen' after R. Hills 14. 'Composition' after Peter De Wint 15. 'Cowes Castle, Isle of Wight' after P. J. de Loutherbourg 16. 'Sowing of Grain, A Scene in Autumn' after J. M. W. Turner 17. 'Fishing Boats in a Fresh Breeze' after S. Owen 18. 'View on Windermere Lake' after John Glover |
| 563 | # | # | $a Green leather binding; spine with gold tooling and red leather label with gilt lettering, 'Aqua Pictura'. |
| 653 | # | # | $a Watercolor painting Technique |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a McLean, Thomas $e publisher |
| 700 | 1 | # | $a Wilson, W. $e printer |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Hassell & Co. (London) $e publisher/bookseller |
| 710 | 2 | # | $a Sherwood, Neely and Co. (London) $e publisher/bookseller |