The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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Page 9
... colours , coarse viands , and sweet wines , as well as by the pleasure he took in frequently mixing with low companies , in joining in their political disputes and laughing aloud at their coarse witticisms . But these defects were amply ...
... colours , coarse viands , and sweet wines , as well as by the pleasure he took in frequently mixing with low companies , in joining in their political disputes and laughing aloud at their coarse witticisms . But these defects were amply ...
Page 13
... colours , I could not subdue the desire of discovering a more certain method of employing them to produce the effects ... colour , and , in some measure , the certainty of execu- tion , painters have more or less complained of the ...
... colours , I could not subdue the desire of discovering a more certain method of employing them to produce the effects ... colour , and , in some measure , the certainty of execu- tion , painters have more or less complained of the ...
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... colours entire to the present day— And therefore if I now attach importance to the discovery , it is because under a permanent form it presents to the painter the inestimable facility of execution which leaves him master of forms , colours ...
... colours entire to the present day— And therefore if I now attach importance to the discovery , it is because under a permanent form it presents to the painter the inestimable facility of execution which leaves him master of forms , colours ...
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... colour in the same day or successive days , and finally to give a superior degree of finish in delicacy , transparency and truth of colouring or shading with the least sacrifice of the time of the sitter or model . Pots always full of ...
... colour in the same day or successive days , and finally to give a superior degree of finish in delicacy , transparency and truth of colouring or shading with the least sacrifice of the time of the sitter or model . Pots always full of ...
Page 16
... coloured turpentine , co- pal , or lac varnish . Muriatic acid is cheaper than nitric , and has the advantage of not acting upon the resin or wax , which forms the base of the varnish used . After purchasing some pieces of marble , I ...
... coloured turpentine , co- pal , or lac varnish . Muriatic acid is cheaper than nitric , and has the advantage of not acting upon the resin or wax , which forms the base of the varnish used . After purchasing some pieces of marble , I ...
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