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The Artist or, Young Ladies' Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing, &c. : consisting of lessons in Grecian painting, Japan painting, oriental tinting, mezzotinting, transferring, inlaying, and manufacturing ornamented articles for fancy fairs

Author B. F. Gandee British
Frontispiece printed by George Baxter British
Publisher Chapman and Hall British

1835

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Title: The Artist or, Young Ladies' Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing, &c. : consisting of lessons in Grecian painting, Japan painting, oriental tinting, mezzotinting, transferring, inlaying, and manufacturing ornamented articles for fancy fairs

Author: B. F. Gandee (British, 19th century)

Printer: Frontispiece printed by George Baxter (British, Lewes 1804–1867 London)

Publisher: Chapman and Hall (London)

Published in: London

Date: 1835

Medium: Illustrations: Baxter process prints and lithographs

Dimensions: 6 1/2 x 4 1/4 in. (16.5 x 10.8 cm)

Classification: Books

Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1957

Accession Number: 57.587.8

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Great Britain and Ireland, 1800-1900 A.D.

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