The art of painting in miniature on ivory in the manner at present practised by the most eminent artists in that profession; comprized under the following heads

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print making them highly accessible to libraries undergraduate students and independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting sculpture architecture music theater and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments catalogs of art objects comic operas and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT301347Contents and erratum printed on back of title page. At foot of titlepage: Price one shilling.London: printed and published by Robert Laurie and James Whittle map chart and print-sellers No. 53 Fleet-Street (successors to the late Mr. Robert Sayer: ) 1797. [4] 54 [2]p.; 8