Practice of art which creates works that are primarily visual in nature

The Conservatoire des Arts et Métiers, Paris: gateway and interior. Wood engraving by C.W. Sheeres after E. Shirond.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Estampes, affiches, dessins originaux, tableaux / Pierrefort.

The Mechanics' Institute and School of Science and Art, Keighley, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin after Lockwood and Mawson.

The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.

Imperial Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Russia. Wood engraving by Laing after L. von Klenze.

Cherubs and demons hold up pictures in front of a youth; a woman embroiders; representing the age of twenty. Engraving by Conrad Meyer, 16---.

Manchester Exhibition of Art treasures, Manchester, England: interior gallery. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1856, after B. Sly after E. Salomons.

Public Library, National Gallery, Technological Museum, Melbourne, Victoria. Wood engraving by S. Calvert, 1886.

Souvenir diploma : the city of Bradford Cartwright Memorial Hall inaugural exhibition May to October 1904 : music, industries, art.

138 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 30 cm

Thai art and culture : historic manuscripts from western collections / Henry Ginsburg.

257 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 31 cm

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

2 volumes in 1., 94 plates (2 folded) ; 56 cm (folio)

Hieroglyphics : collected by the Egyptian Society / arranged by Thomas Young.

64 pages : black and white illustrations ; 21 cm

Art and visually impaired people : a conference report, 10 May 1995.

1 print : stipple engraving, printed in reddish brown

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Art

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Thai art and culture : historic manuscripts from western collections / Henry Ginsburg.

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

Hieroglyphics : collected by the Egyptian Society / arranged by Thomas Young.

Art and visually impaired people : a conference report, 10 May 1995.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

Art

Images from the collections

Images referencing Art

Works from the collections

Thai art and culture : historic manuscripts from western collections / Henry Ginsburg.

Art of Nepal : a catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art collection / by Pratapaditya Pal.

Hieroglyphics : collected by the Egyptian Society / arranged by Thomas Young.

Art and visually impaired people : a conference report, 10 May 1995.

A female figure at an easel is helped by another with a compass; representing perspective and geometry in art. Coloured stipple engraving, 1786.

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