Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors, 1838 October 4
- Title(s):
- Letter to Anthony Abbott on the mixing and use of paint colors.
- Published/Created:
- Great Britain, 1838 October 4.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (folded) : ill. ; 39 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2013 4Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon FundView by request in the Study Room [Request]
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- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/11183440
- Classification:
- Archives & Manuscripts
- Notes:
- Pigot & Co.'s Alphabetical directory of London for 1838 lists: Abbott, Anthony, professor of music, 54 Spencer St., Goswell St. Road.
Detailed list of instructions on the mixing and use of colors in painting, written in a letter addressed to Anthony Abbott, Esq., 54 Spencer Street, Northampton Square [London], by an unidentified author. It has the indented date stamp of Oc[t] 4, 1838. The letter names 19 colors, each with a paragraph explaining their composition and practical uses: e.g. Cologne Earth "gives sobriety without coldness to the various tints which are laid over it"; Gamboge "to be used in trees and grass, & to make greys & neutral tints when mixed with Lakes & Indigo..." The instructions are most probably from a drawing master to his pupil. - Subject Terms:
- Abbott, Anthony, fl. 1838.Color.Paint mixing.Painting -- Study and teaching.Painting -- Technique.
- Form/Genre:
- Correspondence.
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