Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Progressive Lessons Intended to Elucidate the Art of Portrait Painting: In Which Is Introduced a Systematic Arrangement of the Colours and Tints Used in Flesh, Draperies, and Back-Grounds; With Examples Illustrative of the Several Stages of a Picture, From the Dead-Colouring to the Finishing; Together With the Pallets
Such being the case, little surprize can be excited in the mind, that, productions of this kind are of so little Utility, and an apology for putting forth the present work, uniting the theory with the'prac tice, will be felt to be quite unnecessary.
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