Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Gartside, Mary
Title:
Ornamental groups, descriptive of flowers, birds, shells, fruit, insects, &c. and illustrative of a new theory of colouring, from designs and paintings by M. Gartside. The whole engraved and coloured under her immediate inspection ...
Published / Created:
London, William Miller, 1808 [that is, 1811?]
Physical Description:
[4], 44 pages, [18] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 57 x 44 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:578881
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Probably issued with 18 plates, as noted in Abbey (and in accord with the 18 "groups" referred to in the letterpress). Some copies, however, include additional plates.
Subject Terms:
Cobbold -- Bookplate. | Brook, Mrs. -- Provenance. | Still-life painting -- Technique. | Composition (Art) | Color.
Form/Genre:
Aquatints. | Soft-ground etchings.
Contributors:
Havell, Daniel, -1826? | Havell, Robert, 1769–1832. | Bennett, W. J. (William James), 1787–1844.