The art of drawing and painting in water-colours [electronic resource] : Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down after a natural and easy manner; and Youth directed in every Thing that relates to this useful Art, according to the Practice of the best Masters. To which are annexed, familiar directions, whereby a Stranger in the Art of Drawing may be readily taught to delineate any View or Prospect with the utmost Exactness; of colouring any Print or Drawing in the most elegant Manner; and of taking off Medals, &c. instantly, after a Variety of different Ways never before made public; intermixed with curious Receipts for the Use of Painters, Statuaries, Founders, &c. With instructions for preparing, mixing, and managing all sorts of water-colours used in Painting, so as to represent Nature in the greatest Perfection.
1795
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The art of drawing and painting in water-colours [electronic resource] : Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down after a natural and easy manner; and Youth directed in every Thing that relates to this useful Art, according to the Practice of the best Masters. To which are annexed, familiar directions, whereby a Stranger in the Art of Drawing may be readily taught to delineate any View or Prospect with the utmost Exactness; of colouring any Print or Drawing in the most elegant Manner; and of taking off Medals, &c. instantly, after a Variety of different Ways never before made public; intermixed with curious Receipts for the Use of Painters, Statuaries, Founders, &c. With instructions for preparing, mixing, and managing all sorts of water-colours used in Painting, so as to represent Nature in the greatest Perfection.
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The eighth edition, corrected; and, besides other improvements, illustrated with copper-plates.
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London : printed for J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church Yard, [1795?]
Place of Publication or Printing
Great Britain -- England -- London.
Language
English
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80p.,plates ; 12⁰.
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Below imprint: "Price 1s. or bound together with The art of writing, and The art of drawing in perspective, 3s.6d.".
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Price from imprint: price 1s. or bound together with the Art of Writing, and the Art of Drawing in perspective, [illegible]. 6d.
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English Short Title Catalog, T226270.
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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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