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MISS J.? SMITH
Studies of Flowers from Nature Dedicated by permission to... the Princess Elizabeth. Doncaster: printed for & sold by Miss Smith, Adwick Hall, near Doncaster, [watermarked 1817-1818]. 2 (368 x 263mm). 3pp. subscibers list. Engraved calligraphic title with hand-coloured aquatint wreath of flowers by Rowe, 20 aquatint plates each in two states, hand-coloured and uncoloured, the uncoloured Scarlet Fuschia plate partially hand-coloured. (Without errata slip at end.) Contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g. (scuffed).
RARE. THE SUBCRIBERS LIST SHOWS THAT 88 COPIES WERE SUBSCRIBED FOR BY 76 NAMES. Painting, and in particular flower painting was very much in vogue during the Regency and early Victoian periods. A number of instruction manuals were the inevitable result of this fashion. The present work, with the uncoloured duplicate plates intended for amateurs to practice on, is one of the finest. Dunthorne, who illustrates two plates, wrote "A rare work with finely coloured plates, most interesting examples of the use of aquatint of the finest possible grain". Nothing is known of Miss.Smith of Doncaster, other than the present work. Dunthorne 283; Nissen BBI 1855.
Studies of Flowers from Nature Dedicated by permission to... the Princess Elizabeth. Doncaster: printed for & sold by Miss Smith, Adwick Hall, near Doncaster, [watermarked 1817-1818]. 2 (368 x 263mm). 3pp. subscibers list. Engraved calligraphic title with hand-coloured aquatint wreath of flowers by Rowe, 20 aquatint plates each in two states, hand-coloured and uncoloured, the uncoloured Scarlet Fuschia plate partially hand-coloured. (Without errata slip at end.) Contemporary green half morocco, t.e.g. (scuffed).
RARE. THE SUBCRIBERS LIST SHOWS THAT 88 COPIES WERE SUBSCRIBED FOR BY 76 NAMES. Painting, and in particular flower painting was very much in vogue during the Regency and early Victoian periods. A number of instruction manuals were the inevitable result of this fashion. The present work, with the uncoloured duplicate plates intended for amateurs to practice on, is one of the finest. Dunthorne, who illustrates two plates, wrote "A rare work with finely coloured plates, most interesting examples of the use of aquatint of the finest possible grain". Nothing is known of Miss.Smith of Doncaster, other than the present work. Dunthorne 283; Nissen BBI 1855.