The perfect painter : or, a compleat history of the original, progress and improvement of painting shewing, I. The Antiquity, Excellency and Usefulness of that Divine Art, to Those who are desirous of being Acquainted with the true Knowledge and Secrets therein contain'd. II. Plain Instructions to form a right Judgment of the real Value of good Pictures, and how to distinguish Originals from Copies. III. A Chronological Account of the most celebrated Painters, from their Rise, to the Present Time.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bell, Henry, 1647-1711.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Painting--Early works to 1800.

Painting.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4], 138,[4] p.,plate )

Other Title:

Perfect painter

Place of Publication:

London : printed in the year, M.DCC.XXX. [1730]

Notes:

Anonymous. By Henry Bell.

A reissue of the 1728 edition, which was entitled 'A historical essay on the original of painting', with a new titlepage.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T8322.

OCLC:

642710591