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More than 5000 entries on the history, culture and life of Britain (published in 1993 by Macmillan, now out of print)
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Alexander Cozens
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(1717–1786) Watercolourist whose theories on the different types of landscape and how to depict them were extremely influential, partly through his numerous publications (beginning with the brief Essay to Facilitate the Inventing of Landskips in 1759) and partly through the social distinction of his pupils. From about 1763 he was the drawing master at *Eton and he subsequently taught the British royal family. He is best known for his technique of depicting landscape through blots of Indian ink applied with a large brush, a method first described in his 1759 essay. Nearly all his watercolours are virtually in monochrome.
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