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Gartside, Mary, Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring,, 1808 [that is, 1811?]
- Title(s):
Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...
- Published/Created:
- London, William Miller, 1808 [that is, 1811?]
- Physical Description:
- [4], 44 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 x 44 cm
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio B N 19 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/578881
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Probably issued with 18 plates, as noted in Abbey (and in accord with the 18 "groups" referred to in the letterpress). Some copies, however, include additional plates.
Some plates by W. J. Bennett, or R. & D. Havell; after the author.
The last three plates are dated 1811.
Text printed by W. Bulmer and Co.
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 128
BAC Folio B N 19 Copy 1: Unbound, in the four original printed parts. Autograph: "Mrs. Brook." Includes "Errata in the list of subscribers" at front. With three additional plates (after Gartside) inserted: two before the title page one following the plate which faces page 29. The plate included for the twelfth group (facing page 31) varies from the same plate in YCBA copy 2.
BAC Folio B N 19 Copy 2: Bound in contemporary quarter maroon leather and marbled boards. Bookplate: Cobbold. The plate included for the twelfth group (facing page 31) varies from the same plate in YCBA copy 1. - Subject Terms:
- Brook, Mrs. -- Provenance.Cobbold -- Bookplate.Color.Composition (Art)Still-life painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Aquatints.
Soft-ground etchings. - Export:
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