RUSSELL (John) - Elements of Painting with Crayons.

Dublin: Printed for John Exshaw, 1773. 8vo, [8], 77, [1]pp., the final section 'The art of painting in miniature... Translated from the.. French,...' has a separate title page; register and pagination are continuous, some minor foxing and staining, later blue cloth. First and only Irish edition, published a year after the first London edition of 1772. John Russell RA (1745–1806), English painter renowned for his portrait work in oils and pastels, and as a writer and teacher of painting techniques. This work discusses how to make and use crayons (similar to modern pastels) in the eighteenth-century, as well as many recipes for different coloured crayons. The author also discussed other topics such as water colour painting.

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