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Walter Crane's Painting Book - Containing twelve coloured and twelve outline full-page plates - cover

Walter Crane's Painting Book - Containing twelve coloured and twelve outline full-page plates

Walter Crane

Publisher: Good Press

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Summary

A collection of incredible illustrations of nursery rhymes by the 19th-century English artist and book illustrator Walter Crane. The book contains colored paintings and the same pictures outlined that are a delight to look at. Crane presented a wonderful way to fill children's minds with imagination and use the book for coloring.
Available since: 03/16/2020.
Print length: 2740 pages.

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