[Ads-l] Antedating of "splotchy"

[Steven Losie]

SPLOTCHY (OED3, 1863)

[begin quote]
Who would think that the painter of these could produce such a crude,
splotchy drawing, as "View in Wales," (80)?
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Source: The Spectator (London), May 4, 1839,  vol.12,  p.423, col.2
Article title: Fine Arts. Old Water-Colour Society.
Database: Google Books
https://books.google.com/books?id=eMghAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA423&dq=splotchy

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