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 225
such a MONOGRAM. monogram requires a sort of talent. Some peoplehave quite a knack for contrivances of the kind,while others are unable to make even the slightestdevice. The carriage-painter, however, will oftenbe asked to invent a monogram whether he hastalent for the business or not. In such a… … Fig. 47.—Coat-of-Arms, with Supporters. bad. We could illustrate this article on mono-grams b}^ hundreds of cuts, but it might be a hun-dred years before a single one of the combina-tions of letters would be called for. The designing and proper execution of mono-grams is often one of the most…
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