The practice of painting and perspective made easy: in which is contained, the art of painting in oil, with the method of colouring, under the heads of first painting, or dead-colouring; second painting; third or last painting; painting back-grounds; on copying; drapery-painting; landschape-painting; and a new, short, and familiar account of the art of perspective, illustrated with copper-plates, engraved by Mr. Vivares. By Thomas Bardwell, painter.
Thomas Bardwell (East Anglia 1704 – Norwich 1767)
Category
Books
Date
1756
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3217787
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], v, [1], 64 p., VI leaves of plates : ill. ; 4to. Errata slip pasted onto verso of leaf [A]4. Provenance: manuscript former shelfmarks in pencil on front pastedown: "Q6" (crossed-out) and "P6" (crossed-out). Manuscript former shelfmark in pencil on rear pastedown: "C5". Binding: eighteenth or nineteenth-century half-bound calf with dark blue paper over boards; gold-tooled spine; gilt title on brown leather label on spine. Pale yellow textblock edges.
Makers and roles
Thomas Bardwell (East Anglia 1704 – Norwich 1767), author (François) Francis Vivarès (Montpellier 1709 –London 1780) , engraver (printmaker) Thomas Bardwell (East Anglia 1704 – Norwich 1767), artist