The Artist; or, Young Ladies’ Instructor in Ornamental Painting, Drawing, etc. Consisting of lessons in Grecian painting, Japan painting, Oriental tinting, mezzotinting, transferring, inlaying, and manufacturing ornamented articles for fancy fairs.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1835. First edition. The present work is framed as a conversation between two girls, Ellen and Charlotte, and their mother. It provides an easy-to-understand guide to over half a dozen quite advanced illustration methods, with multiple informative plates representing each method. With color frontispiece and additional.....