Description of an improved method of delineating estates. With a sketch of the progress of landscape gardening in England

Various artists/makers

1813

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Title: Description of an improved method of delineating estates. With a sketch of the progress of landscape gardening in England
Author: Thomas Hornor (British, Hull 1785–1844 New York)
Etcher: John Baily (British, active 1798–1820)
Publisher: John Harding (London)
Printer: J. M'Creery (London)
Date: 1813
Medium: Illustrations: aquatint, etching, stipple
Dimensions: 9 7/16 x 5 7/8 x 1/2 in. (24 x 15 x 1.2 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1964
Object Number: 64.602
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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