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 309
Fig. 83. Fig. 84. To CONSTRUCT AN OBLONG of a givenSIZE (in this case 2J in. long, and in. wide.) … Fig. 84. * In a square, all the four sides must be equal, and all the anglesmust be ri^ht angles. If both these conditions be fulfilled, both the THE CONSTHUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGUHES. 283 Draw the line a b 2^ in. long. At B erect the perpendicular b c IJ in. high. From c, with radius a b,…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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