Plates in gorgeous colors from Mary Gartside’s 1808 work “The Rainbow for their Guide:  New Theory of Colours.”

Plates (llustrations) from books 1 Minute
Yellow. Page 56. English. Printed in London by J. Barfield. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015119437/page/n56/mode/1up
Orange. Page 60. English. Printed in London by J. Barfield. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015119437/page/n60/mode/1up
Scarlet. Page 64. English. Printed in London by J. Barfield. Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015119437/page/n64/mode/1up
Blue, 6. Image 74 of An essay on a new theory of colours, and on composition in general: illustrated by coloured blots shewing the application of the theory to composition of flowers, landscapes, figures. 1808. English. Mary Gartside, author. Printed in London in 1808. . Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015119437/page/n73/mode/1up
Crimson 8. Image 78 of An essay on a new theory of colours, and on composition in general: illustrated by coloured blots shewing the application of the theory to composition of flowers, landscapes, figures. 1808. English. Mary Gartside, author. Printed in London in 1808. . Collections of and digitalized by the Getty Research Institute. In the public domain due to age. via https://archive.org/details/gri_33125015119437/page/n77/mode/1up

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