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Practical essays on various branches of the fine arts. To which is added, a critical inquiry into the principles and practice of the late Sir David Wilkie. / By John Burnet.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burnet, John, 1784-1868.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art--Great Britain.
- Art.
- Great Britain.
- Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841.
- Wilkie, David.
- Painting.
- Physical Description:
- x, 200 pages : frontispiece ; 20 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London : D. Bogue, 1848.
- Contents:
- Historical painting in England.
- Portrait painting in England, with the comparative merits of Vandyke, Reynolds, Lawrence.
- The treatment of pictures of fancy subjects, and familiar life.
- The distinctive characteristics of oil and water-colour painting.
- Comparative merits of line engraving and mezzotinto.
- On the present state of the fine arts in Great Britain.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.
- OCLC:
- 6872121
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