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Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book

Publisher Fielding Lucas, Jr. American
[1827]
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Object Information
  • Title: Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book
  • Publisher: Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1781–1854 Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Published in: Baltimore
  • Date: [1827]
  • Medium: Illustrations: aquatint, etching, and soft ground etching, with some hand-coloring
  • Dimensions: 10 × 14 5/8 in. (25.4 × 37.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.524.1
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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