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Polygraphice, or, The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming ... : to which is added a discourse of perspective and chiromancy

Salmon, William, 1644-1713, Sherwin, William, active 1670-1710, Hove, Frederick Hendrick van, 1628?-1698, Vaughan, William, active 1664, White, Margaret, fl. 1678-1683, Crump, John, fl. 1673-1682 · 1681 · London : Printed by M. White, for John Crumpe, at the Sign of the Three Bibles in St. Paul's Church-Yard · 21 pictures

A 1681 London artist's manual by William Salmon, engraved by William Sherwin and Frederick Hendrick van Hove, teaching drawing, engraving, painting, dyeing, cosmetics and palmistry to practitioners and amateurs. The plates are line-engraved sheets of drawing exercises: grouped heads in profile and three-quarter view, hands, feet, legs, and standing nude figures, usable as anatomy studies or hatched period line art.

Art · Portrait painting · Workshop recipes · Toilet preparations · Palmistry

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