The art of flower painting, in easy lessons : with directions for preparing the tints, and examples of each subject in various stages, drawn and coloured from nature / by James Andrews.
Published / Created:
London : Tilt and Bogue, Fleet Street, [1842]
Physical Description:
[4] p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 x 29 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsND1400 .A53 1842+Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Cover title: Andrews art of flower painting.Zincographic plates drawn by James Andrews. Printed by J. Grieve.Date of publication from Eng. cat. of books.24 plates in two states (colored and uncolored) with color tints shown under each example.Eng. cat. of books, v. 1, p. 18BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's gold- and blind- stamped green cloth. Gilt title lettering enclosed by a floral wreath on the front cover. Inscribed: For Eleanor Angela Isabella Butler & Caroline S. Butler from their grandmother E. P. Lewis March 1847.
Subject Terms:
Drawing books -- Specimens. | Drawing -- Study and teaching. | Botanical illustration -- Technique. | Watercolor painting -- Technique. | Flowers -- Pictorial works. | Flowers in art. | Illustrated books. | Watercolor painting -- Great Britain -- 19th century. | Tilt and Bogue -- Publisher. | Grieve, J. -- Printer. | Butler, Eleanor Angela Isabella -- Pres. insc. from E. P. Lewis, March 1847. | Butler, Caroline S. -- Pres. insc. from E. P. Lewis, March 1847. | Lewis, E. P. -- Pres. insc. to Eleanor Angela Gabriella Butler & Caroline S. Butler, March 1847.