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 360
as to cover a ceiling ofanj^ dimensions ; or if the Point of Sight be placed abovethe figure, a tesselated floor will be delineated. Fig. 137. In this study a square frame is repre-sented. It is supposed to be made of square wood, andto be placed on the left of the spectator, and above thelevel of… … Fig. 137. Having drawn the square a b c d, and having fixedthe Point of Sight and the Point of Distance^ drawlines from each of the angles to the point of sight. Nowfrom A set off a e, equal to the real thickness of thewood of which the frame is made. From e draw a lineto the Point of Distance,…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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