The laboratory; or, School of arts: : in which are faithfully exhibited, and fully explained. I. The antiquarian, or curious examiner of antient coins and medals. II. A short introduction to the art of drawing in general; with an essay on designing and drawing patterns for the flower'd silk manufactory, embroidery, and printing. III. The art of painting in oil-colours, and mentzotintoes on glass. IV. Introductory rules for finding the natural shadows of the sun, likewise those of the torch, lamp, or candle. V. Of water-works, fountains, and grottoes, in miniature, for grand entertainments. VI. The art of dialling, or of making of sun-dials. VII. A collection of choice receipts, and experiments of various kinds, relating to the produce of gardens, as flowers, fruits, &c. VIII. A directory for the management of a fruit, flower, and kitchen-garden, through every month of the year. IX. Optical experiments, by means of which the most surprizing and incredible performances are exhibited, for | Collections | The Huntington

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The laboratory; or, School of arts: : in which are faithfully exhibited, and fully explained. I. The antiquarian, or curious examiner of antient coins and medals. II. A short introduction to the art of drawing in general; with an essay on designing and drawing patterns for the flower'd silk manufactory, embroidery, and printing. III. The art of painting in oil-colours, and mentzotintoes on glass. IV. Introductory rules for finding the natural shadows of the sun, likewise those of the torch, lamp, or candle. V. Of water-works, fountains, and grottoes, in miniature, for grand entertainments. VI. The art of dialling, or of making of sun-dials. VII. A collection of choice receipts, and experiments of various kinds, relating to the produce of gardens, as flowers, fruits, &c. VIII. A directory for the management of a fruit, flower, and kitchen-garden, through every month of the year. IX. Optical experiments, by means of which the most surprizing and incredible performances are exhibited, for

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Manuscripts
This collection contains research files of English art historian R. B. Beckett, chiefly consisting of study photographs and clippings collected from the late 1940s to early 1960s documenting the works of John Constable and other English artists including William Blake, Thomas Gainsborough, Thomas Rowlandson, J. M. W. Turner, and Richard Wilson. In addition there are also images and clippings related to English portraiture, as well as sporting and comic images. The artist research files contain study art photographs and clippings, with some occasional correspondence and notes and manuscripts by Beckett. Six artists (Blake, Constable, Gainsborough, Rowlandson, Turner, and Wilson) are distinguished as their own subseries, and their files typically contain study photographs, article clippings, some scattered manuscripts and correspondence, and exhibition catalogues. The largest of these are the John Constable files (Boxes 3-9), which includes seven boxes of study images. Other art images in the collection are arranged either in the "Artists (various)" subseries (Box 13) or in the "Portrait artists" subseries (Boxes 14-15). While some of the images are professional photographs acquired from museums, most of the images are clippings from British magazines such as The Connoisseur and Burlington. Most of the images are not annotated or only contain brief handwritten identifications typically of the artist, painting title, date, dimensions, etc. Overall there are very few manuscripts by Beckett in the collection. Exceptions consist of a sketchbook from the late 1920s containing pencil sketches of landscapes by Beckett and a few documents. The correspondence is chiefly from galleries, museums, and publishers related to Beckett's research and publications.
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