Flowers of Loveliness; Twelve Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers

Multiple artists/makers

1835–36

Not on view

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Title: Flowers of Loveliness; Twelve Groups of Female Figures, Emblematic of Flowers
Author: Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington (Irish, near Clonmel, County Tipperary 1789–1849 Paris)
Designer: Edmund Thomas Parris (British, Middlesex 1793–1873 London)
Publisher: Ackermann & Co., London (British, active 1829–55)
Publisher: William Jackson (New York, NY)
Printer: Vizetelly, Branston and Co. (London)
Published in: New York; London
Date: 1835–36
Medium: Illustrations: stipple engraving
Dimensions: 13 3/4 x 10 5/8 x 5/8 in. (34.9 x 27 x 1.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. Alfred G. Mayor, 1933
Object Number: 33.42.19
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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