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The Young Artists' Companion; or, Drawing-Book of Studies and Landscape Embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons

1825
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 690
Like many British watercolorists, Cox gave private lessons to amateurs. He intended this book to demonstrate to students how nature studies could be developed into finished compositions. The frontispiece displays an artist’s palette, portfolios of sketches, and paintings in progress.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Young Artists' Companion; or, Drawing-Book of Studies and Landscape Embellishments : comprising a great variety of the most picturesque objects required in the various compositions of landscape scenery, arranged as progressive lessons
  • Artist: Written and illustrated by David Cox (British, Birmingham 1783–1859 Harborne, near Birmingham)
  • Engraver: Thomas Sutherland (British, 1785–1838)
  • Engraver: Richard Reeve (British, 1780–1835)
  • Publisher: S. & J. Fuller (London)
  • Printer: Lancelot Harrison (British, active 1807–42)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1825
  • Medium: Illustrations: soft ground etching, aquatint, some hand-coloring
  • Dimensions: 8 13/16 x 11 in. (22.4 x 28 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1928
  • Object Number: 28.88.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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