The Italian School Of Design: Being A Series Of Fac-Similes Of Original Drawings, By The Most Eminent Painters And Sculptors Of Italy; With Biographical Notices Of The Artists, And Observations On Their Works. By William Young Ottley.
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Responsibility Note
Each plate carries the publisher's imprint of W.Y. Ottley and the date.
The work is dedicated by the author to the President and Council and other Members of the Royal Academy.
References
A study of the printer McCreery was J.R. Barker,'John McCreery a radical printer 1768-1832', in The Library, 5th ser., 16 (1961), p.81-103.
Summary Note
The plates show drawings by an anymous Greek of the 9th century, Cimabue, Giotto (2 plates), Donatello (2 pl.), Fra Filippo Lippi, Mantegna, Luca Signorelli, Leonardo (2 pl.), Fra Bartolommeo (2 pl.), Michelangelo (12 pl.), Andrea Del Sarto, Beccafumi, Baccio Bandinelli, Raphael (23 pl.), Giulio Romano (2 pl.), Polidoro da Caravaggio (2 pl.), Giorgione da Castelfranco, Coreggio, Parmigianino (2 pl.), Bartolommeo Passarotti, L. Carracci (2 pl.), Ann. Carracci (2 pl.), Gregorio Pagani, Poussin (2 pl.), Gasparo Poussin, Claude (2 pl.) and Salvator Rosa. There are also thirteen headpieces or in-text illustrations, showing works by N. Pisano, Giunta Pisano, Cimabue, Giotto, Donatello, Mantegna, Signorelli, Fra Bartolommeo, Michelangelo (2), Raphael, Giulio Romano and Correggio. They present a mixture of Christian and miscellaneous subject-matter.
The work was intended to be a historical survey of the most eminent artists of Italy. Ottley reveals the conventional critical limitations of his period in describing his first drawing, an anonymous Greek work of the 9th century, as an example of the state 'to which design was reduced during the barbarous ages'.
The drawings shown were in Ottley's own collection - most of which was sold in 1823 to Sir Thomas Lawrence. Many of the drawings by Raphael and Michelangelo were later acquired by the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.
The high quality of the facsimiles (etchings and aquatints) is matched by the excellence of McCreery's presswork.
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Drawings, Italian - Italy - History - Renaissance - Mannerism - Baroque
Collections - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Typography - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
John McCreery, printer
James Augustus Hessey, publisher
J. Vivares, engraver
Lewis, engraver
Ignace Joseph de Claussen, engraver
Giovanni Vendramini, engraver
Frederick Christian Lewis Snr., engraver
Thomas Vivares, engraver
William Long, engraver
J. Perry, engraver
John Romney, engraver
Luigi Schiavonetti, engraver
Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi, engraver
Carlo Cencione, draughtsman
James Godby, engraver
Raphael, source artist
Michelangelo Buonarroti, source artist
John Taylor, publisher
Royal Academy of Arts (London), dedicatee
Taylor and Hessey (London), publisher
Images from this book
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Thomas Vivares
'St. Luke painting the Virgin', after a Byzantine drawing (?), 1823
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Ignace Joseph de Claussen
'Studies for the martyrdom of a Saint' , after a drawing attributed to Giovanni Cimabue , 1823
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J. Vivares
'A first thought for the celebrated Mosiac (sic) called the bark of St. Peter at Rome' , after a drawing attributed to Giotto di Bondone, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'The Madonna and other figures', after a drawing attributed to Giotto di Bondone, 1823
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J. Vivares
'Studies for two apostolic figures', after a drawing attributed to Donatello, 1823
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Giovanni Vendramini
'Christ taken from the cross', after a drawing attributed to Donatello, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
A study for part of the picture of the Adoration of the Magi after a drawing attributed to Fra Filippo Lippi , 1823
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Thomas Vivares
'A man expiring' after a drawing attributed to Andrea Mantegna , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A group of armed men on horseback' after a drawing attributed to Luca Signorelli , 1823
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William Young Ottley
'Christ bearing his Cross' after a drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, 1823
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Giovanni Vendramini
'Leda' after a drawing attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, 1823
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Charles George Lewis
'The Holy family' after a drawing attributed to Fra Bartolomeo, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The madonna and Child' after a drawing attributed to Fra Bartolomeo , 1823
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William Young Ottley
'Two draped figures standing' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'Head in profile' and 'Herculed & Antaeus' after two drawings attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A woman dancing a child on her knee' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A man seated in profile reading' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A study for the figure of Adam in the compartment representing his creation' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A head' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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Thomas Vivares
'A man seated in profile, reading' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1823
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William Long
'Three figures in conversation' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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Thomas Vivares
'A man's head's profile' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Design for part of the last Jugment' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Study for the head of St. Bartholomew, in the painting of the last judgment' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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J. Perry
'Cleopatra' after a drawing attributed to Michelangelo Buonarroti , 1823
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J. Vivares
'An Old man's head' and 'A Study for the figure of Joseph, in the celebrated fresco called the Madonna del sacco' after two drawing attributed to Andrea del Sarto, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Two figures of prophets' after a drawing attributed to Domenico Beccafumi , 1823
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J. Vivares
'The death of Hercules' after a drawing attributed to Baccio Bandinelli, 1823
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John Romney
'Charity' after a drawing by Carlo Cencione from a painting by Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
Engraving on thin japanese paper pasted on wove paper album's leaf
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The portrait of himself when a youth' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Long
'The Nativity' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'Study for pat of one of the frescoses painted by PINTURICCHIO in the Library of the Duomo di Siena ' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The Madonna ' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Long
'A Youth at his Devotions' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
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William Long
'A Concert' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Young Ottley
'Battle for the Standard' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Head of an Angel' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study for the school of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study for the group of Archimedes & his disciples in the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
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William Long
'Study for the figure of Diogenes in the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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J. Vivares
'A Study for the Bass-relievo on the pedestal of the Statue of Apollo, in the celebrated Frescoe of the School of Athens' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A Study for the Muse Melpomene in the Fresco of Mount Parnissus in the Vatican'' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Study for part of the Celebrated Fresco entitled the Heliodorus in the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
Other 'Study for part of the Celebrated Fresco entitled the Heliodorus in the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Long
'Study for part of one of the Ceilings of the Vatican' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanziolong, 1823
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William Long
'The Adoration of the Shepherds' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
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William Long
'Study for the figure of ADAM in the celebrated print of ADAM & EVE, engraved by Marc'Antonio' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio , 1823
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William Long
'The Death of Adonis' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Long
'Sports of Sea Nymphs & Tritons' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A group of children at play' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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William Long
'A female figure standing' after a drawing attributed to Raffaello Sanzio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A naked female with attendant infant' after a drawing attributed to Giulio Romano , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The Death of Semele' after a drawing attributed to Giulio Romano, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study for part of the celebrated frieze representing the story of Niobe on the Facade of a Palace at Rome' after a drawing attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A design for part of another frieze' after a drawing attributed to Polidoro da Caravaggio, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Unknown subject' after a drawing attributed to Giorgione da Castelfranco , 1823
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Luigi Schiavonetti
'Study for part of the Celebrated picture called 'La madonna del S. Giorgio', in the Gallery at Dresden' after a drawing attributed to Antonio da Coreggio, 1823
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William Young Ottley
'A female winding thread, and a group of infants' after a drawing attributed to Parmigianino, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A female winding thread, and a group of infants' after a drawing attributed to Parmigianino, 1823
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Ignace Joseph de Claussen
'Group of three half-length apostolic figures', 1823
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Thomas Vivares
'The Madonna and Child' after a drawing attributed to Ludovico Carracci, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The holy family' after a drawing attributed to Ludovico Carracci, 1823
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Gaetano Stefano Bartolozzi
'A study of the back view of a naked female' after a drawing attributed to Antonio Carracci , 1823
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Ignace Joseph de Claussen
'A sheet of caricatures, and amongst them his own portrait' after a drawing attributed to Annibale Carracci , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The finding of the true cross' after a drawing attributed to Gregorio Pagani, 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'Mars and Venus with Cupids' after a drawing attributed to Nicolas Poussin , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'The death of Hippolytus' after a drawing attributed to Nicolas Poussin, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A design for a Landscape' after a drawing attributed to Gasparo Poussin , 1823
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Frederick Christian Lewis Snr.
'A study of a three from nature' after a drawing attributed to Claude Lorrain, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'A design for a landscape' after a drawing attributed to Claude Lorrain, 1823
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George Robert Lewis
'Study of a tree' after a drawing attributed to Salvator Rosa, 1823
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