Brookshaw, George, 1751-1823, Six birds , 1819
- Title(s):
- Six birds : accurately drawn and coloured after nature with full instructions for the young artist : intended as a companion to the treatise on flower painting / by George Brookshaw, Esq. ; author of the Pomona Brittanica, Treatise on flower painting, etc.
- Additional Title(s):
- Birds
- Edition:
- Second edition
- Published/Created:
- London : Published by Thomas McLean, printed by Turner and Hadley, Minerva Press, Queen's buildings, Cheltenham, 1819.
- Physical Description:
- [18] p., [12] leaves of plates : ill. ; 37 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsN7680 .B76 1819+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/5205721
- 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.
NSTC, 2B50780
Bridson, G. Plant, animal & anatomical illustration, D410
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, Groups of flowers / 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, Groups of flowers / George Bradshaw. Second edition. London : T. McLean, 1819. - Subject Terms:
- Birds in artDecoration and ornament -- Animal formsDrawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.Drawing -- Technique.Lepard, John -- Publisher.McLean, Thomas -- Publisher.Ornithological illustration -- Great Britain.Turner & 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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