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 229
Fig. 34. correctness of its form, and its rather angular character ;and if these points are not observed, the painter may K 3 202 OF LETTER PAINTING OR SIGN WRITING. depend that all his colours however brilliant, and allhis gilding however well done, will be thrown awayor will serve to show only… … Fig. 35. VVe scarcely know which to admire the most, thebeauty of the letter shown in Fig. 35, or the plain senseof its designer, who, discarding the terms Classic, Runic,Tuscan, or other names absolutely inappropriate to thecharacter, has called it simply Ornamented : a namewhich it really…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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