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• Author/Creator:Gwilt, Joseph, 1784-1863, author.
  
• Title:Sciography, or, Examples of shadows : with rules for their projection : intended for the use of architectural draughtsmen, and other artists : with twenty-four plates / by Joseph Gwilt.
  
• Edition:A new edition, with considerable additions and improvements.
  
• Publication:London : M. Taylor, 1, Wellington Street, Strand, 1842.
  
• Manufacture: London : J. Moyes, Castle Street, Leicester Square.
  
• Physical Description:viii, 55, [1] pages, 24 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
  

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  • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
    Request for use in the YCBA Study Room
    
    
  • Call Number: NC755 G9 1842
    
  • Status:Not Checked Out
    

   
• Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center copy bound in diced calf. Ink stamp: St. Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra.
  
• Notes:Engravings by Samuel Porter; after Joseph Gwilt and Frederick Humphrey Groves.
  Engravings printed by Priestly & Weale.
  
• Variant and related titles:Sciography
  Examples of shadows
  
• Format:Book
• Subjects:Shades and shadows--Technique.
  Perspective--Technique.
  Drawing books--Specimens.
  Great Britain--Social life and customs--19th century.
  
• Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1842.
  Taylor, M.--Publisher.
  Priestley & Weale--Printer.
  St. Patrick's Training College, Drumcondra, Ire.--Stamp.
  
• Genre/Form:Engravings--1842.
  Drawing books--Great Britain--19th century.
  Manuals (Handbooks)--Great Britain--19th century.
  
• Also listed under:Porter, Samuel, active 1792-1842, engraver.
  Groves, Frederick Humphrey, illustrator.
  Taylor, Martin, active 1835-1859, publisher.
  Priestley and Weale, printer of plates.