The school of art; or, most compleat drawing-book extant: consisting of an extensive series of well chosen examples, selected from the designs of ... Watteau, Boucher, Bouchardon, Le Brun, Eisen, &c. &c. Engraved on 48 folio copper plates, ...

People / Organizations

• Gabriel Smith (Author)

Imprint

London: printed for and sold by Carington Bowles, at his map and print warehouse, no.69, St. Paul's Church Yard., [1780?]

Publication year

1780-1780

ESTC No.

N52905

Grub Street ID

36886

Description

3,[1]p.,60plates ; 2⁰

Note

Attributed to Gabriel Smith.

Advertisement below imprint on titlepage: "Just published, Bowles's Passions of the soul; represented in several heads .. from the designs of the late celebrated Monsieur le Brun, on 20 folio copper-plates." - Additional plates in this edition are apparently from 'Passions of the soul'.

Uncontrolled note

Date from CSmH: obviously later than the 1765 edition of 'The school of art'; John Bowles apparently retired in 1779; Carrington Bowles at this address from 1764-1793 (Plomer; Maxted). - In CSmH copy, '48' is altered to "60" in MS.; the numbering of the plates is irregular: 1-23,[1],37-60, with 12 additional plates numbered between 2 and 20