Entrée principale:

Prideaux, S. T. (Sarah Treverbian)

Titre et auteur:

Aquatint engraving; a chapter in the history of book illustration, by S.T. Prideaux; illustrated by an original aquatint, two collotype plates, and numerous half-tone plates.

Publication:

London, Duckworth & Co. [1909]

Description:

xv, 434 pages frontispiece, 24 plates (including portrait) 25 cm

Notes:
"First published, December 1909."
Includes index.
"Biographical notices of engravers whose names appear on the plates": pages 358-371
"Publications by Ackermann with aquatint plates": pages 374-378
"Books published before 1830 with aquatint plates": pages 325-357
"List of books containing illustrations by T. Rowlandson, based on 'Rowlandson the caricaturist, ' by J. Grego": pages 379-387
"Engravers and the books they illustrated": pages 388-405
"List of authorities": pages 406-407
The aquatint process -- The development of colour printing and the invention of aquatint -- The use of aquatint in France and the aquatint work of Goya -- The rise of water-colour painting and the topographical draughtsman -- Paul Sandby and his aquatinta -- Rudolph Ackermann and his associates -- Humphrey Repton and his place in garden literature -- Water-colour painters as teachers, and their drawing-books -- Foreign travel -- English topography -- Sport and natural history -- Caricature and costume -- Appendix A. Books published before 1830 with aquatint plates -- Appendix B. Biographical notices of engravers whose names appear on the plates -- Appendix C. Artists whose names appear on the plates -- Appendix D. Publications by Ackerman with aquatint plates -- Appendix E. Books illustrated by Rowlandson in which aquatint was employed -- Appendix F. Alphabetical list of aquatint engravers, with the books illustrated by them -- Appendix G. List of authorities.
Gift of Lessing J. Rosenwald, 1943-1975.

Sujet:

Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827.
Aquatint.
Illustration of books.
Aquatinte.
Illustration des livres.
aquatint (printing process)
illustration (process)
Aquatinten.
Illustraties.

Classification/genre:

aquatints (prints)
Aquatintes.

Vedettes secondaires:

Levis, Howard Coppuck, former owner
Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 144351
Cote: NE2230.P74 1909 (PO9135)
Statut: Disponible