Brookshaw, George, 1751-1823, Groups of flowers , 1819
- Title(s):
- Groups of flowers : drawn and accurately coloured after nature : with full directions for the young artist, designed as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Britannica, Treatise on flower painting, &c.
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by Thomas. McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Queen's buildings, Cheltenham, 1819.
- Physical Description:
- 20 p., [12] leaves of plates. : ill. ; 37 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3268623
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- With two copies of each plate, one colored and one uncolored.
Each pair of plates accompanied by descriptive letterpress with directions for coloring.
The final plate is signed: Painted from nature by G. Brookshaw, published by John Lepard.
NSTC, 2B50775
Bridson, G. Plant, animal & anatomical illustration, C474
Publisher's advertisement on p. [6].
Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 97
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in blind- and gilt-tooled dark blue morocco; gilt edges. Has bound with it: Groups of fruit / George Bradshaw. Second edition. London : T. McLean, 1819; and, Six birds accurately drawn from nature / George Bradshaw. London : T. McLean, 1819.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in red boards with publisher's printed title label on front cover. Illegible inscription on title page. Cased with: Groups of fruit / George Bradshaw. Second edition. London : T. McLean, 1819; and, Six birds accurately drawn from nature / George Bradshaw. Second edition. London : T. McLean, 1819. - Subject Terms:
- Botanical illustration -- 19th century -- Great Britain.Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms -- Great Britain.Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Drawing -- Technique.Flowers in art.Lepard, John -- Publisher.McLean, Thomas -- Publisher.Turner and Hadley -- Printer.Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Watercolor painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Drawing books.
Stipple engravings -- 1819.
Stipple engravings -- Hand-colored -- 1819. - Export:
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