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 328
ll is an illustration ofthe manner in which a large painting frame ofthis description is worked ; A, is the purchasewheel; B, the spindle ; C, the counterweight line ;D, counterweight, which balances weight offrame ; E, lines attached to frame for raising andlowering it and which wind on and off… … 322 SCENE PAINTING. fication of the above, which is worked by counter-weights only, after the manner of a window-sash,the sketch (Fig. 113) explains everything.The Painting Bridge.—One of the simplest formsof painting is shown in Fig. 114. It works onwheels and can be constructed to take to pieces…
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