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A treatise on painting : in four parts : consisting of an essay on the education 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

by: Burnet, John, 1784-1868

Publication date: 1880

Topics: Painting

Publisher: London : Henry Sothern & Co.

Collection: getty; americana

Contributor: Getty Research Institute

Language: English

Bound in publisher's red cloth boards; gilt leather spine with gilt illustration; top edge gilt

Each part, also published separately, has special title-page and separate paging

Eight of the plates are colored by hand

An essay on the education of the eye with reference to painting. 4th ed. -- Practical hints on composition in painting. 8th ed. -- Practical hints on light and shade in painting. 8th ed. -- Practical hints on colour in painting. 2nd ed