The handmaid to the arts, teaching, I. A perfect knowledge of the materia pictoria: or the nature, use, preparation, and composition, of all the various substances employed in painting; as well vehicles, dryers, &c. as colours: including those peculiar to enamel and painting on glass. II. The several devices employed for the more easily and accurately making designs from nature, or depicted representations; either by off-tracing, calking, reduction, or other means: with the methods of taking casts, or impressions, from figures, busts, medals, leaves, &c. III. The various manners of gilding, silvering, and bronzing, with the preparation of the genuine gold and silver powders, and imitations of them, as also of the fat oil, gold sizes, and other necessary compositions:-the art of japanning as applicable not only to the former purposes, but to coaches, snuffboxes, &c. in the manner lately introduced:-and the method of staining different kinds of substances with all the several colours. Th

People / Organizations

• Robert Dossie (Author)
• John Nourse ("printed for")

Imprint

London: printed for J. Nourse at the Lamb opposite Katherine-Street in the Strand, MDCCLVIII. [1758]

Publication year

1758-1758

ESTC No.

T116409

Grub Street ID

168076

Description

2v. ; 8⁰

Note

Anonymous. By Robert Dossie.

Braces in imprint.