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001 $ 07/2110
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 0 $a Etchings Of Cattle, comprising Rudiments of Drawing and Groups for the Embellishment of Landscape, the whole executed from Nature By Robert Hills.
260 # # $a London. $c Publish'd March 21st. 1806, $b by Robert Hills.
300 # # $a [106] leaves carrying [201] pl. (incl. t.pl.); $c 472 mm.
500 # # $a Most plates carry no plate-numbers. Plates [53, 54] carry the numbers '101', '102', and plates [55, 56] carry the numbers '97', '98'.
508 # # $a Almost all plates carry the publisher's imprint of R. Hills, and the date. A few give his address, Upper Grafton St., Fitzroy Square, London.
510 0 # $a Studies of the painting of animals include A. Potts, 'Natural order and the call of the wild', in Oxford A. J., 13 (1990), p.12-33; C. Nissen, Die zoologische Bookillustration Geschichte (2 v. 1978); P.S. Dance, The art of natural history: animal illustrators (1978).
520 2 # $a The publication-date of 1806 appears on the title plate, and most plates carry dates ranging from 1797 to 1806; but a few carry the date of 1807.
563 # # $a 19th-century half red morocco, red cloth-covered boards; spine lettered 'Etchings By Robert Hills Vol. I. Oxen. Sheep. Dogs. Groups. Of Cattle.' Bound with others.
653 # # $a Cows - Bulls - Animals
653 # # $a Drawings - Detail drawings - Pattern drawings - Animal paintings - Landscapes (representations) - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century
653 # # $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century
700 1 # $a Hills, Robert $e source artist $e draughtsman $e engraver $e publisher