Art recreations : being a complete guide to pencil drawing, oil painting ... moss work, papier mache...wax work, shell work...enamel painting, etc.
A household manual of drawing, painting and decorative crafts compiled by Levina Buoncuore Urbino and Henry Day, published in Boston by J. E. Tilton in 1871 for amateur artists and home decorators. Wood-engraved initial letters wrap flowers, thorned briars and scrolling foliage around outlined capitals, with hatched grounds and small ornamental spot devices useful as drop caps and page furniture.
