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Standage, H. C : The Artists' Manual of Pigments Showing Their Composition, Conditions of Permanency, Non-Permanency, and Adulterations; Effects in Combination with Each Other and with Vehicles; and the Most Reliable Tests of Purity; Together with The Science and Art Department's Examination Questions on Painting

Janentzky and Weber, Philadelphia, PA, 1886

Original publisher's green cloth binding with gilt letting on front cover and spine. 4 3/4" x 7." 108 pages, complete. Purple stamp of the San Francisco Portrait & Art Co. on verso of title page. Several handwritten signatures of the company's manager, A. H. Appel (one is dated "10-3-1890"), and stamped facsimiles of his signature appear throughout the book. Several notes are handwritten in ink, but all appear in the margins with the exception of a few at the top of the first page of Chapter I. Pages and covers are very clean and intact. Binding is tight. A book on the chemical and artistic properties of different pigments used in paints, how to produce specific colors, and which colors are used for different types of painting. Index in back. The following chapters are included: "White Pigments," "Green Pigments," "Blue Pigments," "Yellow Pigments," "Red Pigments," "Brown and Black Pigments," "Chemical Reactions Occurring Between Two or More Pigments, Between Pigment and Vehicle, Etc.," "Colour Names and Definitions," "Table of Mixtures of Pigments to Produce Blues, Buffs, Browns, Greens, Greys, Purples, and Maroons," "Artistic Qualities of Pigments Used in Portait, Flower, and Marine Painting in Water Colours," "Artistic Qualities of Colours Used in Landscape Painting in Oils," "Questions Set at the South Kensington School of Art Examination in Painting.". Book. Book Condition: Very Good. Binding: Hardcover

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