Handbook of Young Artists and Amateurs in Oil Painting
New York: John Wiley & Son, 1879. later. Hardcover. Dark olive cloth with gilt palette on cover, simple gilt design and title on spine. xxxiii, (3), 398 pp. VG. Item #163062
Discusses and details anything and everything concerning techniques utilized during the production of Fine Art. Originally published in 1848, this book went through a series of re-printings some with apparently minor revisions. Title-page sections as follows: (from t. p.) I. Materials and implements of the art --
II. Certain matters holding a middle place between the materials and practice --
III. The first-palette, or dead coloring --
IV. The second or finishing palette --
V. The painting of draperies --
VI. Landscape painting --
VII. The varnishing, cleaning, repairing, and lining of pictures.
OCLC: 48105201
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