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and the missing crews of HM Discovery-Ships Erebus and Terror : together with a short account of each drawing May, Walter W 1855 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 919.87(084.1)

of fasting, for the averting of Gods heavy visitation upon many place of this kingdome, and for the drawing 1625 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 094:264-1

Early maritime artists of the Pacific northwest coast 1741-1841 Henry, John Frazier 1984 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 7.047(26:71:79)

Early British drawings in the Huntington Collection : 1600-1750 /Robert R. Wark. Wark, Robert R (rev) 1969 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 74(42)

Dirtying the paper delicately. Farthing, Stephen 2005. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 7FARTHING

Measured drawings for architects Chitham, Robert 1980 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 721.021.22

The Drawings of Henry Moore Wilkinson, Alan G 1977 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 74.036(42)

British paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875 / Katharine Baetjer. Covering the period between the late 16th century through to the third quarter of the 19th century, this book features paintings by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish artists which are part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. c2009. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 75(42)

Men of war 1770-1970 Thornton, J M 1978 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 623.82"17/19"(084.11)

The invention of pastel painting / Thea Burns. "Chalks and pastels are particularly appropriate materials for portraits because they appear effortlessly to convey the warm tones and soft, matte velvety surface of skin. Portraits and head studies therefore figure prominently in histories of pastel. The Invention of Pastel Painting describes the relatively sudden emergence in the later seventeenth century of sets of friable pastel sticks and a new artistic practice of painting in pastel. The author reconsiders the use of natural and fabricated drawing sticks as tools, firmly locating their use in the context of historical function. 'Artistic techniques have a social history; they are signs endowed with cultural meaning by society.' The visual, documentary and etymological evidence does not support the concept of a narrative history of pastel gradually progressing from a 'simple' original state in the drawings of Leonardo da Vinci, Jean and Francois Clouet and the Dumonstiers to an increasingly richly coloured and technically complex visual record in the paintings of Robert Nanteuil, Joseph Vivien and Rosalba Carriera, and then continuing to evolve through the nineteenth century. In considering the history of chalk and pastel, the author argues that the change is aesthetic, not formal, and is grounded in social function and technical response. She has drawn not only on artists' letters and accounts, documents, critical and theoretical writings, and, broadly, the secondary literature, but also on close visual examination and scientific analysis of selected chalk drawings and paintings in pastel, particularly those created between 1500 and 1750."--Provided by the publisher. 2007. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 741.235

The restorer's handbook of drawings and prints Lepeltier, Robert 1977 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 76.025.4

British warships of the Second World War : a folio of authentic scale drawings: first series Raven, Alan 1971 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 623.82(42)"1939/1945"(084.11)

Learning to draw : studies in the cultural history of a polite and useful art Bermingham, Ann 2000 • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 741.03

The restoration of engravings, drawings, books, and other works on paper / Max Scheidler. Schweidler, Max. 2006. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 676.2:069.44

Catalogue of the drawings by Inigo Jones, John Webb and Isaac de Caus at Worcester College, Oxford Harris, John 1979 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 7Caus

Ships & boats : a celebration of our maritime charities : charcoal drawings from old photos /Paul Woodhead. Woodhead, Paul [2012?]. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 656.61:74.035

The art of the pastel / Thea Burns, Philippe Saunier. "The Art of the Pastel traces the evolution of this most appealing medium from the fifteenth to the early twentieth century - from its humble origins as a tool for sketching to the height of its popularity in Rococo portraiture, and its embrace by the Impressionists and Symbolists. Authors Thea Burns and Philippe Saunier, both leading experts on the subject, shed new light on the acknowledged masters of the pastel, such as Maurice Quentin de la Tour and Jean-Etienne Liotard, who used these magical sticks of color to capture the character of their sitters; Edgar Degas and Mary Cassat, who used them to reveal the unexpected beauties of the everyday; and Odilon Redon, who used them to explore the inner mysteries of the spirit. But Burns and Saunier consider the pastel work of many other artists as well, from forgotten - yet pleasing - society portraitists to such important names as Delacroix, Whistler, and Picasso. As a rare achievement, their graceful yet authoritative text is matched by the color plates in this volume, which reproduce the harmoniously blended hues of more than 330 choice pastels, from collections around the world. For reasons of conservation, most of these works are exhibited only rarely, and then only in low light. Now they can be admired all together, without interruption, in this museum between two covers."-- 2015. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 741.2/35

Collecting prints and drawings in Europe 1500-1750 Baker, Christopher 2003 • BOOK • 1 copy available. 761:741

Masters of maritime art : a second loan exhibition of drawings from the collection of Capt. Bruce S. Ingram /with an introduction by ... Geoffrey Callender. 1937. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 7.047(26)"15/18"

Ships on maps : pictures of power in Renaissance Europe /Richard W. Unger. Unger, Richard W. 2010. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 912.43:629.5"15/16"

The elements of optics. In four books Emerson, W 1768 • RARE-BOOK • 1 copy available. 535:094

How to care for works of art on paper / by Francis W. Dolloff and Roy L. Perkinson. Dolloff, Francis W. 1985. • PAMPHLET • 1 copy available. 760/.028

Mapping London : making sense of the city /Simon Foxell. 'Mapping London' is a compelling anthology that explores over six centuries of maps. The book is a cartographic journey through the city, tracing its fascinating evolution and exploring the hopes and fears of its inhabitants as events unfold. 2007. • FOLIO • 1 copy available. 528.9(421)

The camera lucida in art and science / John H. Hammond, Jill Austin. "In this fascinating historical survey of the camera lucida's many and varied guises and uses John Hammond and Jill Austin introduce the reader to the invention, development and decline of this once popular sketching aid." 1987. • BOOK • 1 copy available. 681/.41

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