Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Moriarty, Henrietta Maria
Title:
Fifty plates of green-house plants, drawn and coloured from nature : with concise descriptions, and rules for their culture. Intended also for the improvement of young ladies in the art of drawing / by Henrietta Maria Moriarty.
Edition:
Second edition.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for the author, by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, and sold by J. White, Fleet Street, 1807.
Physical Description:
xii p., 50 leaves, [4] p., 50 leaves of plates : ill. ; 18 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
First ed. published as: Viridarium : coloured plates of greenhouse plants ... -- London : Dewick & Clarke, 1806.
Subject Terms:
Botany -- Pictorial works. | Greenhouse plants -- Pictorial works. | Botanical illustration -- Great Britain. | Flowers in art. | Flowers -- Pictorial works. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | White, J. -- Bookseller.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings.