"These Lectures are necessarily short, because I have considered that young memories should not be too much taxed on occasions where attentive thought should have place. I have still further compressed them to suit my fair young readers, as they were designed for the most part for the instruction of female pupils ... These lectures treat of Art generally, but apply more especially to drawing and painting in water colours, though the remarks occasionally occurring, through them, may apply equally to oil painting. They address themselves chiefly to the landscape tyro, but refer also to figure painting."--Preface.

Wood-engraved plates are with signatures: "HCW", "AW" and "EGW". One plate is signed: "CHW" and "Utting Sc.".

Diagrams within the text are unsigned.

Publisher's advertisements for artist's supplies on p. [1]-54 at end entitled: "Winsor & Newton's list of colours and materials for water colour painting, oil colour painting, pencil drawing, &c. : including water and oil colours, brushes, pencils, drawing papers and stationery, prepared canvas, steel ware, japanned ware, cabinet ware, artists' china ware, and publications on the fine arts.".

"Price One Shilling."--Cover.

MASS copy: In original glazed yellow paper wrappers printed in black. Upper cover printed with variation of t.p. Lower cover printed with publisher's advertisement listing titles in "One Shilling Hand-Books on Art, With Illustrations, &c.", the first title in the list being "Half-Hour Lectures on Painting and Drawing.".