Treatise on the knowledge necessary to amateurs in pictures, tr. and abridged by R. WhiteLongman & Company, 1845 - 338 pages |
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... CLASS OF SCIENCES , ETC. ETC. ETC. BY ROBERT WHITE , ESQ . LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . EDINBURGH : A. AND C. BLACK . · BODI ECA LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , 1845 . TREATISE CHAPTER.
... CLASS OF SCIENCES , ETC. ETC. ETC. BY ROBERT WHITE , ESQ . LONDON : LONGMAN , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . EDINBURGH : A. AND C. BLACK . · BODI ECA LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , 1845 . TREATISE CHAPTER.
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... chapter on the method of analysing and describing the productions of the pencil . In other respects , too , the very copious and minute style of the Author affords considerable room for retrenchment . By selecting , therefore , a few ...
... chapter on the method of analysing and describing the productions of the pencil . In other respects , too , the very copious and minute style of the Author affords considerable room for retrenchment . By selecting , therefore , a few ...
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... But having been disappointed in this , he has been obliged to substitute two other illus- trations for them . Edinburgh , April , 1845 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE Introduction - 1 CHAPTER II vi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
... But having been disappointed in this , he has been obliged to substitute two other illus- trations for them . Edinburgh , April , 1845 . CONTENTS . CHAPTER I. PAGE Introduction - 1 CHAPTER II vi TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE .
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... CHAPTER II . Of the Qualities which are required to make a good Picture . Section 1. Definition of Painting , and of a Picture · 12 " " 2. Of a good Picture · 13 " " 3. Of a good Choice ( of Subject ) · 13 ... CHAPTER III . PAGE 58 CHAPTER.
... CHAPTER II . Of the Qualities which are required to make a good Picture . Section 1. Definition of Painting , and of a Picture · 12 " " 2. Of a good Picture · 13 " " 3. Of a good Choice ( of Subject ) · 13 ... CHAPTER III . PAGE 58 CHAPTER.
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... CHAPTER III . PAGE 58 CHAPTER IV . How to judge whether a Picture is in good Preservation , or not 69 CHAPTER V. How to know and appreciate Copies - 77 CHAPTER VI . - 91 Of the Manner of analysing and describing Pictures CHAPTER VII ...
... CHAPTER III . PAGE 58 CHAPTER IV . How to judge whether a Picture is in good Preservation , or not 69 CHAPTER V. How to know and appreciate Copies - 77 CHAPTER VI . - 91 Of the Manner of analysing and describing Pictures CHAPTER VII ...
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