The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 265
ips reddened, and the ground distinguished bycolour, we cannot see what harm would havebeen done. iSIarble may be a very good repre-sentative of the flesh,—Pliidias thought ivorylietter; but either is a very bad representative oftlie hair.— Who will be the first to show thathe can think for himself… … Mg. 2. and crimson given in Mr. Collings first plate show that an effect is produced beyond that of plain white stone. Architects are nowtimidly beginning to put in a coloured marble column or tablet ine.xteriors; but what, except themselves, is to prevent all the re-sources of coloured stones and…
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