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 362
ND SIGN PAINTERS. 335 from E in ii. From a and b, at distances equal to a f,mark off A i and b and draw i J and k l. The smallsquares f j i a and g b k l, will then represent theends of the two horizontal sides of the square frame.Within c and a mark off a m and c n^ equal to A f, andfrom M and n… … Fig. 139. drawn from r in u, and at u erect a perpendicular, thuscompleting the view. The inner square could have been obtained by draw-ing diagonals, and intersecting them by the lines drawnfrom I and k, thus obtaining the points q R s t, and thetrouble of finding the points m n o p might thus…
House painting · Sign painting · Lettering
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