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Creator:
Murray, Henry, F.S.A., author
Title:
The art of painting and drawing in coloured crayons : being a course of instruction for the execution of portraiture and landscape / by Henry Murray, F.S.A.
Published/Created:
London, England : Winsor & Newton, Limited, Rathbone Place, [between 1906 and 1916]
London : Printed by William Clowes and Sons ...
Physical Description:
60, 64 pages ; 19 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC855 .M87 1901
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Information
Full Orbis Record:
http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/12988109
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printer's statement from verso of title page.
The title page of the catalogue (64 pages) records Winsor & Newton's New York establishment as "298, Broadway." The firm was active at this address from 1906 to 1916. See: British artists' suppliers, 1650-1950.
"Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for oil and water colour painting, pencil, chalk and architectural drawing &c."--64 pages, 2nd count. Includes numerous wood-engraved illustrations.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original yellow limp cloth. "Twenty-sixth thousand."--Title page.
Contents:
Drawing in coloured crayons -- The composition of pastels -- Colouring matters -- Bases -- Mucilages -- Colours -- The preparation of the colours -- The preparation of crayons -- Bases and primitives -- Tints and tones -- Papers -- The method of working in coloured crayons -- Colour, and the composition of tints -- Draperies, backgrounds, &c. -- Vellum -- Colouring on vellum -- Landscape painting in crayons -- The paper -- The sketch and execution -- To fix crayon drawings -- Fixing by transudation -- Fixing by immersion -- Fixing by aspersion -- Fixing by steam.
Subject Terms:
Artists' materials -- Catalogs.
Color drawing -- Technique.
Crayon drawing -- Technique.
Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Drawing -- Technique.
Drawing materials -- Catalogs.
Form/Genre:
Drawing books.
Handbooks and manuals.
Manufacturers' catalogs.
Wood engravings -- 1906-1916.
Contributors:
Winsor & Newton, publisher.
Winsor & Newton. Winsor & Newton's catalogue of colours and materials for oil and water colour painting, pencil, chalk and architectural drawing &c.
William Clowes and Sons, printer.
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