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The Art of Drawing, Colouring and Painting Landscapes in Water Colours, Accompanied by Ten Engravings Selected from the Best Masters on these Subjects by an Amateur

Drawn and etched by William Strickland American
Publisher Fielding Lucas, Jr. American
1815
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  • Title: The Art of Drawing, Colouring and Painting Landscapes in Water Colours, Accompanied by Ten Engravings Selected from the Best Masters on these Subjects by an Amateur
  • Artist: Drawn and etched by William Strickland (American, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 1787–1854 Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Publisher: Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1781–1854 Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Published in: Baltimore
  • Date: 1815
  • Medium: Illustrations: etching and aquatint, some hand colored
  • Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in. (24 x 14.9 x 1.3 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1958
  • Object Number: 58.518
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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