10
Webb’s essay on painting.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 132, no. 3, as above.
WEBB,
Daniel.
An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting; and into the Merits of the most celebrated Painters, Ancient and Modern. By Daniel Webb, Esq; The
Third Edition . . .
London: printed for
J. Dodsley,
mdcclxix
. [1769.]
8vo. 108 leaves.
Daniel Webb, 1719?-1798, born in County Limerick, spent most of his life in England.
An Inquiry into the Beauties of Painting was his first work and was originally published in 1760. It was frequently reprinted and was translated into Italian. The
book, written in the form of dialogues, is dedicated to the Reverend Mr. Spence.
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11
Gilpin’s essay on prints.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 4, as above.
[GILPIN,
William.]
An Essay upon Prints; containing Remarks upon the Principles of picturesque Beauty, the Different Kinds of Prints, and the
Characters of the most noted Masters; illustrated by Criticisms upon particular Pieces; to which are added, Some Cautions
that may be useful in collecting Prints . . .
London: printed for
J. Robson, Bookseller to the Princess Dowager of Wales,
m dcc lxviii
. [1768.]
NE840 .G48 1768
First Edition. 8vo. 136 leaves.
Halkett and Laing II, 206.
Lowndes II, 895.
Redgrave, page 176.
William Gilpin, 1724-1804, English clergyman and schoolmaster, an amateur artist, was the author of a number of books on art and other subjects.
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12
Richardon’s theory of painting & essay on a connoisseur.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 131, no. 12, as above.
1839 Catalogue, page 575, no. J. 16, Richardson, Jonathan: Essay on the Theory of Painting, 8vo; London, 1715.
RICHARDSON,
Jonathan.
An Essay on the Theory of Painting. By Mr. Richardson . . .
London: Printed by
W. Bowyer, for
John Churchill,
1715.
First Edition. 8vo. 120 leaves; on 8 pages at the end is a list of painters, with information in 5 columns headed respectively:
Disciple of; Born; Excell’d in; Lived at; Died.
Lowndes IV, 2088.
Not in Redgrave.
This edition of 1715 is described here as being the one credited to the Jefferson collection in the 1839 and later Library
of Congress catalogues, from which all reference to the
Essay on a Connoisseur
is omitted. The Catalogue of 1831 merely repeats the entry in the 1815 Catalogue, and doese not give the place of printing
and the date. In 1719 Richardson published a work in two parts, with a general title:
Two Discourses. I. An Essay on the whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting . . . II. An Argument in behalf of the
Science of a Connoisseur . . .
The separate title for the first part reads:
The Connoisseur: an Essay on the Whole Art of Criticism as it relates to Painting . . . and the second
A Discourse on the Dignity, Certainty, Pleasure and Advantage, of the Science of a Connoisseur. It seems possible that Jefferson may have had this work bound with the Theory of Painting, and that it was ignored by the
early cataloguers.
In the contemporary working copy of the 1815 Catalogue the entry was originally marked
missing, but this was later crossed out, and the entry checked implying that the book had been received.
Jonathan Richardson, 1665-1745, portrait painter and author. Collected editions of his works, one of which
