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A treatise on painting : in four parts : consisting of an essay on the education of the eye with reference to painting, and practical hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colour : the whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools (1880)

Burnet, John, 1784-1868 · London : Henry Sothern & Co. · leaf 69

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EYE. which I found amongst the collections of drawings left to Christ Church, Oxford, by General Guise, seem to confirm this observation. The memorandums are written upon the side of sketches illustrative of the remarks, one of which I have given in Plate hi, containing the ground plan, also the… … To Dr. Barnes, of Christ Church, I am indebted for the very great interest he took in enabling me to procure copies of any of the drawings. For the translation of the memorandums, and remarks upon the designs, I g 2

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