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041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Reynolds
245 1 0 $a Sir Joshua Reynolds' Notes And Observations On Pictures, Chiefly Of The Venetian School, Being Extracts From His Italian Sketch Books; Also, The Rev. W. Mason's Observations On Sir Joshua's Method Of Coloring. And Some Unpublished Letters Of Dr. Johnson, Malone, And Others. With An Appendix, Containing A Transcript Of Sir Joshua's Account Book, Showing What Pictures He Painted And The Prices Paid For Them. Edited By William Cotton, Esq.
246 3 # $a Notes and observations on pictures
246 3 # $a Extracts From Sir Joshua Reynolds' Journal And Sketch Book
246 3 # $a Journal
246 3 # $a Anecdotes Of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Chiefly Relative To His Manner Of Coloring
246 3 # $a Copy of an account book in the handwriting of Sir Joshua Reynolds
246 3 # $a Account book
260 # # $a London: $b John Russell Smith, 36, Soho Square. $c M.DCCC.LIX. $c [1859]
300 # # $a xii, 107, [3] p., frontis., [1] pl.; $c 220 mm. (Quarto.)
505 0 # $a [Blank leaf, frontis., t.p., dedic.] - Preface - Introduction - [Text, with one pl.]; [colophon] - [Publishers' advertisement].
508 # # $a Neither plate is signed.

In the Preface the editor states that Mason's Observations and the letters by Johnson, Malone and others were transcribed by J. Mitford.

The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By F. Pickton, Perry's Place, 29, Oxford Street.'

The work is dedicated by 'The Author' to Stephen Poyntz Denning, Esq., Keeper Of The Dulwich Gallery of Paintings.
520 2 # $a The texts carry the following titles: 'Extracts From Sir Joshua Reynolds' Journal And Sketch Book'; 'Anecdotes Of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Chiefly Relative To His Manner Of Coloring. By W. Mason, The Poet. Copied by the Rev. J. Mitford ...'; 'Appendix. Miscellaneous Letters, Transcribed From The Originals By The Rev. J. Mitford'; 'Copy Of An Account Book In The Handwriting Of Sir Joshua Reynolds'.

The frontispiece and the plate facing page 27 reproduce drawings (presumably by Sir Joshua) of Italian paintings.
561 # # $a The loose front endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Library of the Royal Academy presented by the Editor'.
563 # # $a 19th-century puce cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers having blind-stamped borders; rebacked in 1990, white spine-label lettered 'Joshua Reynolds - Notes On Pictures'.
600 1 4 $a Reynolds
653 # # $a Painting - Paintings, Italian - Italy - History
653 # # $a Painting - Painters - Artists - Colour - Colouring - Great Britain - History - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Art criticism - Art history - Biography - Memoirs - Letters - Great Britain - 18th century
700 1 # $a Mason $t Anecdotes Of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Chiefly Relative To His Manner Of Coloring
700 1 # $a Cotton $e editor $e previous owner $e donor
700 1 # $a Denning $e dedicatee
700 1 # $a Smith $e publisher
700 1 # $a Pickton $e printer
700 1 # $a Mitford $e editor