Groups of fruit : accurately drawn and coloured after nature, with full directions for the young artist : designed as a companion to the treatises on flowers and birds / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.
Alternate Title(s):
Fruits
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Queen's buildings, Cheltenham, 1819.
Physical Description:
[16] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts N7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and Manuscripts N7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title, on publisher's printed label: FruitsWith two copies of each plate, one colored and one uncolored.Each pair of plates accompanied by descriptive letterpress with directions for coloring.NSTC, 2B50776Bridson, G. Plant, animal & anatomical illustration, C475Cover title, on publisher's printed label: FruitsAbbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 97BAC: 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 flowers / 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 flowers / 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:
Fruit in art | Botanical illustration -- 19th century -- Great Britain. | Decoration and ornament -- Plant forms -- Great Britain. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | McLean, Thomas -- Publisher. | Turner and Hadley -- Printer. | Lepard, John -- Publisher. | Longman & Co. -- Publisher.