Characters of trees : in a series of seven plates / drawn and etched by F. [i.e. J.] Martin ...

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Martin, John, 1789-1854, Characters of trees , 1817

Creator:: Martin, John, 1789–1854
Title(s):: Characters of trees : in a series of seven plates / drawn and etched by F. [i.e. J.] Martin ...
Published/Created:: London : R. Ackermann, 1817.
Physical Description:: 7 leaves : all ill. ; 48 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A Q 6
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Public Domain
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/580971
Classification:: Books
Notes:: In original paper wrappers, with label.
Title from label.
Through a misreading of his engraved signature, Martin is designated as "F." Martin on the label.--cf. "John Martin," Transactions of the Bibl. Soc., ser. 4, v. 14, pp. 388, 409.
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 126
Selected exhibitions: “'Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower': Artists' Books and the Natural World" (Yale Center for British Art, May 15 - August 10, 2014).
Subject Terms:: Botanical illustration.
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Etching -- Specimens -- 1817.
Trees in art.
Form/Genre:: Drawing books.
Contributors:: Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher.
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"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]

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