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A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Orien…
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- A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, in which a thick opaque color is applied without background and with scarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc., in imitation of Oriental work. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter, etc.
- A style of painting, popular in England in the 19th century, inwhich a thick opaque color is applied without background and withscarcely any shading, to thin paper, producing flowers, birds, etc.,in imitation of Oriental work. Hence: Poonah brush, paper, painter,etc.