Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.

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Townshend, Barbara Anne, Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper , 1808

Creator:: Townshend, Barbara Anne
Title(s):: Groups of figures from cuttings in black paper : intended as lessons for instruction in paper cutting / designed and executed by Miss Barbara Anne Townshend.
Published/Created:: [London] : Published by Edward Orme, Bond Street, London, 1808.
Physical Description:: [2] pt. : chiefly ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC910.2.G7 T69 1808+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Full Orbis Record:: http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/8964541
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Aquatint engravings attributed to M. Dubourg; after silhouettes by Barbara Anne Townshend. Cf. Mckechnie.
Later editions appeared in 1815 and 1836.
At head of title: Price 5s. each Book, or 1s. each print.
McKechnie, S. British silhouette artists and their work 1760-1860, p. 277
BAC: British Art Center copy stitched in original blue paper wrappers, with white title label pasted on front cover of both parts. Lacks plates 8 and 9.
Subject Terms:: Amusements -- Great Britain -- 19th century.
Cut-out craft -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century.
Paper work -- Great Britain.
Silhouettes -- Great Britain.
Form/Genre:: Aquatints.
Contributors:: Dubourg, Matthew, engraver.
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