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poonah painting
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poonah painting, [From Poona , in Bombay Province, India.].
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." [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
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