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 321
Fig. 101. To INSCRIBE A SQUARE in any tri-angle, AS A B C. … From c drop the perpendicular, c d. From c draw a line parallel to a b, viz., c e. THE CONSTRUCTION OF GEOMETRICAL FIGURES. 295 From c, with radius c d, describe a quadrant cuttingc E in F. Draw F A, cutting c b in g. From g draw g h parallel to A b. From G and h, draw lines (h i and g j) whicli…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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