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Rudiments of drawing, shadowing, and colouring flowers in water colours : contained in thirty-six instructive lessons, illustrated by twenty-nine plates from the outline of a single leaf progressively to the completion of a fine group : intended for beginners and students of this delightful art : with a description of colours used & the method of mixing them.

Published/Created:
London : Printed by H.K. Causton, No. 14, Birchin-Lane, Cornhill : 1818 [i.e. 1817]
Physical Description:
[4], 36 p., [1], 29 leaves of plates : ill. ; 27 x 42 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A N 158
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Label on front cover reads: Rudiments of flower drawing in water colours.
Frontispiece is engraved advertisement for: G. Testolini, engraver, printseller, & frame maker ...
Subject Terms:
Botanical illustration.
Causton, H. K. -- Printer.
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Etching -- Specimens -- 1817.
Flowers in art.
Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1817.
Testolini, G. -- Publisher.
Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Watercolor painting -- Technique.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints -- 1817.
Handbooks and manuals.
Drawing books.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1817.
Contributors:
Testolini, Gaetano, ca. 1760-
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