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A Series Of 15 Hand-Coloured Proofs For The Natural History Of Selborne

John Nash, 1970

These 15 illustrations for the 1972 edition of Gilbert White’s The Natural History of Selborne (originally published in 1789) are proof copies hand-tinted in watercolour by the artist John Nash. Nash’s original pencil drawings for the illustrations are also in the museum’s collection.

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Title of artwork, date

A Series Of 15 Hand-Coloured Proofs For The Natural History Of Selborne, 1970

Date supported

2016

Medium and material

Watercolour, watercolour on paper

Dimensions

16 x 19 cms

Grant

1000

Total cost

2500

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