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 Viz. .... An Original Work Never Before Published by John Payne

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.<br> 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.<br> ++++<br> 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:<br> ++++<br> British Library<br> <br> T301347<br> <br> Contents and erratum printed on back of title page. At foot of titlepage: Price one shilling.<br> <br> 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°