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A new treatise on flower painting, or, Every lady her own drawing master : containing familiar and easy instructions for acquiring a perfect knowledge of drawing flowers with accuracy and taste : also complete directions for producing the various tints

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, J. Booth, J.

A reissue (plagiarism?) of G. Brown’s book of the same title, first published in 1797 and republished in 1799 (cf. Henrey).

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Other title: Every lady her own drawing master
Author: Brookshaw, George, 1751-1823
Contributor: Cooney, Catherine
Date: 1818
Publisher: London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, J. Booth, J.
Language: English
Collection: Digital Library for the Decorative Arts and Material Culture
Description of Original: |[2], 36 pages, 23 leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
Subjects: Botanical illustration — Handbooks, manuals, etc; Watercolor painting — Handbooks, manuals, etc
For Staff: METS