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On Painting in Oil and Water Colours for Landscape and Portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles, oils, &c., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : also on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, and on the best methods of cleaning and repairing old paintings, &c. : illustrated with plain and coloured plates

Publisher Published for the author by Ackermann & Co., London British
1839
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  • Title: On Painting in Oil and Water Colours for Landscape and Portraits : including the preparation of colours, vehicles, oils, &c., method of painting in wax, or encaustic : also on the chemical properties and permanency of colours, and on the best methods of cleaning and repairing old paintings, &c. : illustrated with plain and coloured plates
  • Author: Theodore Henry Adolphus Fielding (British, Yorkshire 1781–1851 Croydon)
  • Publisher: Published for the author by Ackermann & Co., London (British, active 1829–55)
  • Published in: London
  • Date: 1839
  • Medium: Illustrations: aquatint and hand coloring
  • Dimensions: 11 1/8 × 7 3/4 in. (28.3 × 19.7 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1957
  • Object Number: 57.587.18
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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