On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among All Classes.

Author Sir John Gardner Wilkinson British

Publisher John Murray British

Printer Spottiswoode & Co. British

1858

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Title: On Colour and on the Necessity for a General Diffusion of Taste Among All Classes.
Author: Sir John Gardner Wilkinson (British, 1797–1875)
Publisher: John Murray (London)
Printer: Spottiswoode & Co. (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1858
Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
Dimensions: 9 1/16 x 6 3/16 x 1 7/16 in. (23 x 15.7 x 3.6 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1963
Object Number: 63.580
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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