A practical manual of house-painting, graining, marbling and sign-writing : containing full information on the processes of house-painting in oil and distemper, the formation of letters and practice of sign-writing, the principles of decorative art, a course of elementary drawing for house-painters, writers, etc., and a collection of useful receipts ; with nine coloured illustrations of woods and marbles, and numerous wood engravings (1888)
Davidson, Ellis A., d. 1878 · London : C. Lockwood & Son · leaf 199
Fig. 11. Fig. 12. * See The Book of Ornamental Alphabets, Ancient and Modern.By F. Dolamotte. (Lockwood and Co.) FORMS OF STRAIGHT-LINED LETTERS. 173 Much of the difficulty, in fact (as stated by the authorin a course of lectures on engraving and printing, givenat the request of the worshipful…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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