Author: Nicholson, Francis
Title: The Practice of Drawing and Painting Landscape from Nature, in Water Colours
Description: John Murray 1823 xi, 118, 14 engraved or aquatint plates, 3 double-page (1 hand-coloured). . HB. 4to, rebound, modern half calf, marbled boards, raised bands and gt tooling to spine, leather title pieces, modern buckram slip-case, gt title to upper panel. Some foxing/spotting to plates, a few faint marginal pencil annotations; contemporary ink notes on colours and pigments to rear flyleaf. An attractive copy.. Exemplified in a series of instructions calculated to facilitate the progress of the learner; including the elements of perspective, their application in drawing from nature, and the explanation of various processes of colouring, for producing from the sketch a finished picture. With observations on the study of nature, and various other matters relative to the Arts. Second edition, with considerable additions. Rare. Nicholson, Francis (1753-1844), watercolour painter and teacher. He received lessons from a German artist, Conrad Martin Metz. Nicholson had a number of patrons including; John Stuart, first marquess of Bute, Walter Fawkes of Farnley Hall, and Sir Henry Tuite and his wife. He also had a considerable teaching practice which included ladies of fashion. His contemporary reputation was such that drawings were fraudulently sold as being by Nicholson within his own lifetime. (ODNB).

Keywords: Landscape Painting; Painting Techniques; PBFA


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