The art of painting in miniature [electronic resource] : teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations; for Painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the original French. The sixth edition. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general Instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints.
1752
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The art of painting in miniature [electronic resource] : teaching the speedy and perfect acquisition of that art without a master. By Rules so easy, and in a Method so natural as to render this charming Accomplishment universally attainable. Containing I. The Difference between Painting in Miniature, and other Kinds of Painting. II. The Management of Colours in Draperies, Linnen, Lace, Furs, &c. III. The Method of mixing Colours for Carnations; for Painting of Architecture, or any Building of Stone or Wood; for Landskips, Terrasses, Water, Ruins, Rocks, &c. IV. The Art of Painting all Sorts of Flowers, with the proper Colours required to represent Nature to the highest Perfection. V. The various Methods of Painting. Translated from the original French. The sixth edition. To which are now added I. Certain secrets of one of the greatest Italian painters for making the finest Colours, Burnished Gold, Shell Gold, &c. II. Some general Instructive Lessons for the Art of Drawing. And III. The Usefulness and Benefit of Prints.
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Boutet, Claude.
Uniform Title
Traité de la peinture en mignature. English
Publication Details
London : printed for J. Hodges, at the Looking-Glass, facing St. Magnus-Church, London-Bridge, and M. Cooper, at the Globe, Pater-Noster-Row, 1752.
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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[10],150,[6]p.,plates : ill. ; 12⁰.
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Anonymous. A translation of Claude Boutet's 'Traité de la peinture en mignature'.
An imprint variant of the 1752 edition "printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, and M. Cooper, ... J. Hodges, ...and J. and J. Rivington"
Leaf G7 (p 133-134) has been cancelled.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
An imprint variant of the 1752 edition "printed for T. Longman, C. Hitch and L. Hawes, and M. Cooper, ... J. Hodges, ...and J. and J. Rivington"
Leaf G7 (p 133-134) has been cancelled.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
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English Short Title Catalog, T101315.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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