ssential. Pure water-colourproved to be too deficient in luminosity ; pastel,though brilliant enough in colour, had many dis-advantages that made it inconvenient in actualworking, while its lial)ility to damage by even trivialaccidents particularly unsuited it for use on an ex-pedition which must…
Art · Decoration and ornament
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![An illustration from XIXe [i.e. Dix-neuvième] siècle (en France); classes - moeurs - usages - costumes - inventions. Ouvrage illustré d'un front. chromotypographique, de 16 planches coloriées aux patrons, de 36 entetes et lettres ornées et de 487 gravures (dont 24 tirées hors texte) d'après les principaux artistes du siècle (1893)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-xixeiedixneuvi00granuoft-503-355.webp)
