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“Miss Gartside’s immediate eye”: an examination of Mary Gartside’s publications on colour between 1805 and 1808 in the context of illustrated colour literature and paint manuals of the early nineteenth century

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posted on 2023-06-08, 19:36 authored by Alexandra Loske
This chapter examines three publications by the English colour theorist Mary Gartside (active 1781–1809) with regard to their role as illustrated publications on the subject of colour. Gartside’s works are exemplary of a category of experimental illustrated books published shortly before the rise of lithography. In the early nineteenth century, authors and publishers were faced with the challenge of adequately representing concepts of colour in colour and relied largely on the work-intensive method of hand-colouring. These books are now rare and reflect a particular phase in print culture and in the material history of colour studies. The chapter closely examines Gartside’s books and sets them into the context of earlier, contemporary and later illustrated publications on colour.

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  • Published

Publisher

John Benjamins Publishing Company

Page range

380-396

Pages

16.0

Book title

Colour studies: a broad spectrum

ISBN

9789027212191

Series

Progress in Colour Studies

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  • Art History Publications

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  • Yes

Editors

Wendy Anderson, Carole Hough, Christian Kay, Carole P Biggam

Legacy Posted Date

2015-01-19

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