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Hints on Ornamental Gardening

Author Written and illustrated by John Buonarotti Papworth British
Publisher Rudolph Ackermann, London British
1823
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  • Title: Hints on Ornamental Gardening
  • Author: Written and illustrated by John Buonarotti Papworth (British, Marylebone, Middlesex 1775–1847)
  • Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (British, active 1794–1832)
  • Date: 1823
  • Medium: Illustrations: aquatint, mostly hand-colored
  • Dimensions: 10 × 6 3/4 × 9/16 in. (25.4 × 17.2 × 1.5 cm)
  • Classifications: Books, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1970
  • Object Number: 1970.565.45
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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