The painters' encyclopædia. Containing definitions of all important words in the art of plain and artistic painting, with details of practice in coach, carriage, railway car, house, sign and ornamental painting, including graining, marbling ... and valuable hints and helps in scene painting, porcelain painting, plain painting, distemper painting, and all work in which a brush, pencil or palette is used (1887)
Gardner, F. B. (Franklin B.) · New York, M.T. Richardson · leaf 204
Fig. 34.—New York Style of Roman Letter. oil-colors and oil-size. It is not our intention togive a lengthy treatise on the art of lettering, butsufficient to notice the principal points thereof.Taking- the Roman letter for a base, we find thatalmost every section of the country or large city … Fig. 35.—Boston Roman Letter. has a peculiar style of letter as, for example, theNew York and Boston Roman are widely differentin general form, as shown in the engravings, andit is difficult to lay out an alphabet which will bepronounced perfect by people in .different places. LETTERING. The New…
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