A Treatise on Painting : In Four Parts, Consisting of an Educationg of the Eye, with Reference to Painting, and Practical Hints on Composition, Chiaroscuro and Colour, The Whole Illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools

Author Written and illustrated by John Burnet British

Publisher James Carpenter British

1846

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Title: A Treatise on Painting : In Four Parts, Consisting of an Educationg of the Eye, with Reference to Painting, and Practical Hints on Composition, Chiaroscuro and Colour, The Whole Illustrated by Examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch Schools
Author: Written and illustrated by John Burnet (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1784–1868 London)
Publisher: James Carpenter (London)
Published in: London
Date: 1846
Medium: Illustrations: aquatint
Dimensions: 11 1/2 × 9 in. (29.2 × 22.9 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1960
Object Number: 60.581.1–.4
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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