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Guide to Painting in Water Colors, Containing Directions for Forming Shades or Tints by Mixing Colors: For Coloring Landscapes and Other Scenery: Their Names, Varieties, and Different Uses: Together with Information on Preparing or Sizing Paper, Sizes and Kinds of Brushes, &c., with Illustrations

Publisher C. P. Huestis American
1845
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  • Title: Guide to Painting in Water Colors, Containing Directions for Forming Shades or Tints by Mixing Colors: For Coloring Landscapes and Other Scenery: Their Names, Varieties, and Different Uses: Together with Information on Preparing or Sizing Paper, Sizes and Kinds of Brushes, &c., with Illustrations
  • Publisher: C. P. Huestis (New York, NY)
  • Date: 1845
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs, some hand-colored
  • Dimensions: 4 1/2 x 8 1/2 in. (11.4 x 21.6 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.524.64
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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