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Title: The theory and practice of landscape painting in water-colours. Illustrated by a series of twenty-six drawings and diagrams in colours, and numerous woodcuts
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Barnard, George, 1807-1890
Subjects: Landscape painting Watercolor painting
Publisher: London : George Routledge & Sons
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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