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George Brookshaw (c. 1751–1823), also known as G. Brown, was a notable
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Brookshaw's ''Groups of fruit: accurately drawn and coloured after nature…''
Brookshaw's ''Groups of flowers: drawn and accurately coloured after nature…''
Brookshaw's ''Six birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature…''
English illustrators 1751 births 1823 deaths 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists {{UK-painter-18thC-stub
George Brookshaw (c. 1751–1823), also known as G. Brown, was a notable English
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from London
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His early career was spent as a London cabinet-maker specializing in painted furniture, often with floral decorations. Brookshaw also published supplementary drawing manuals on fruit, flowers, and birds. His books included ''A New Treatise on Flower Painting, or, Every Lady Her Own Drawing Master'' in 1818.Horwood, Catherine. ''Women and Their Gardens: A History from the Elizabethan Era to Today''. Chicago Review Press, 2012: 181.
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Brookshaw's ''Groups of fruit: accurately drawn and coloured after nature…''
Brookshaw's ''Groups of flowers: drawn and accurately coloured after nature…''
Brookshaw's ''Six birds, accurately drawn and coloured after nature…''
English illustrators 1751 births 1823 deaths 18th-century English painters English male painters 19th-century English painters 19th-century English male artists 18th-century English male artists {{UK-painter-18thC-stub