Laporte,J.

The progress of a water-coloured drawing, wherein is represented to the learner the various gradations through which a drawing passes, from the outline to its finished state. This work, consisting of fourteen tinted lessons,... is intented to enable young people to cultivate the delightful art of drawing in colours,... London, Whiting (c. 1812). Qu.4°. With 14 handcolor. Aquatint plates. 18 nn. fol. old leather d. Zt. with dam. (rubbed, partly scuffed). Abbey Life 149. first and only edition. - John Laporte (1761-1839) was an English landscape painter a. etcher who worked in and around London. Laporte states that his ambition in writing the book was to respond to the lack of instructions for the "progress of a drawing". What follows are 14 impressive watercolour drawings, each showing a new layer of colour and supplementary detail by hand. On the facing page is an explanation of how to achieve the variegated coloring. - Without front fly. Front. and aquatint title. Beginning above water-margined, partly browned a. fl. - Very rare.