Painting on Velvet
Hints to Young Practitioners in the study of Landscape Painting...to which are added Instructions in the Art of Painting on Velvet.
London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees & Orme, [1820].
Price: $300.00
About the item
Third edition. Illustrated by Five engravings intended to show the Different Stages of the Neutral Tint, title vignette. 1 vols. 8vo. Painting on Velvet. Original rose paper-backed blue boards, printed paper label on upper cover [Price 10s.6d. Boards].". Rubbed, spine and edges worn, interior quite fresh. A very good copy of this unusual work.
Item #17384
There are instructions and recipes for making the colors needed for painting on velvet at the back. A source for Theorem painters?