Harding, James Duffield, 1798-1863

English painter.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to G. Manning, [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879350

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1845 July 22. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879348

From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Mr. Graves, 1838 Mar. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270879352

Epithet: landscape painter and lithographer

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x0003d0

The British artist James Duffield Harding was a lithographer, and full member of the Society of painters in watercolor. He was also a successful teacher and author of drawing manuals. Harding introduced technical innovations, such as the papers of various tints and textures for sketching, and the use of opaque colors instead of transparent colors in British watercolor painting.

From the description of Letters, 1829(?)-1856. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 79860994

English landscape painter.

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Abercorn Place [London], to Mr. Bicknell, 1852 March 31. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498132

From the description of Autograph letter signed : Barnes, Surrey, to Mr. Bicknell, 1860 Aug. 24. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270498373

James Duffield Harding was a prominent English landscape painter. He produced fine water-colors and exceptional lithographs, and occasionally dabbled in oils. A gifted and practiced professional, he was admired by his contemporaries for accomplished hand and fine landscapes. He also taught painting, and published several books expressing his views on art.

From the description of J.D. Harding letter to T.M. Richardson, 1826 Feb. 13. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 56550658

Born in Deptford, 1797; taught perspective by his father (a drawing master) and Samuel Prout; exhibited two drawings at the Royal Academy aged thirteen; became a water-colour painter and was awarded a silver medal by the Society of Arts aged eighteen; exhibited with the Society of Painters in Water-colours, 1818, and continued to exhibit there regularly; became a member of the Society, 1821; adopted lithography as a way of providing examples for the use of students, publishing a number of well received lithographic works, notably Sketches at Home and Abroad , 1836, The Park and the Forest , 1841, and Picturesque Selections , 1861; died in Barnes, 1863. Publications: Views of Pompeii drawn on stone by J D Harding; after drawings by W Light (London, 1828); Pugin's Gothic Ornaments, selected from various buildings in England and France, drawn on stone by J D Harding (London, [1831]); The Costumes of the French Pyrenees, drawn on stone by J D Harding, from original sketches, by J Johnson (London, 1832); Elementary Art, or the Use of the Lead Pencil (London, 1834); Sketches at Home and Abroad (London, 1836); J D H's Drawing Book (London, 1838); H's Sketches at home and abroad (London, [1839]); The Park and the Forest (London, 1841); Principles and Practices of Art (London, 1845); Lessons on Art (London, 1849); Lessons on Trees (London, 1850); Drawing Models and their Uses (London, 1854); The Early Drawing Book (London, [1856]); The Guide and Companion to the 'Lessons on Art' (London, [1858]); Picturesque Selections: drawn on stone (London, [1861]).

From the guide to the HARDING, James Duffield (1797-1863), 1819-1996, (Courtauld Institute of Art)