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Creator:: Burnet, John, 1784-1868
Title:: Practical hints on composition in painting : illustrated by examples from the great masters of the Italian, Flemish, and Dutch schools / by John Burnet.
Alternate Title(s):: Burnet on composition in painting.
Edition:: Sixth edition.
Published / Created:: London : James Carpenter, 1845.
Physical Description:: [1], 31 p., [9] leaves of plates : ill. ; 29 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Printed by C. Whittingham, Chiswick.
Subject Terms:: Painting -- Technique. | Composition (Art) | Carpenter, James -- Publisher. | Whittingham, C. -- Printer. | Etching -- Specimens -- 1845.
Contributors:: Cuyp, Aelbert, 1620-1691, ill. | Potter, Paulus, 1625-1654, ill. | Lorrain, Claude, 1600-1682, ill. | Ostade, Adriaen van, 1610-1685, ill. | De Laer, P., ill. | Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn, 1606-1669, ill. | Metsu, Gabriel, 1629-1667. | Correggio, 1489?-1534, ill. | Guido, ill. | Rubens, Peter Paul, Sir, 1577-1640, ill. | Borch, Gerard ter, 1617-1681, ill. | Raphael, 1483-1520, ill. | West, Benjamin, 1738-1820, ill. | Domenichino, 1581-1641, ill. | Wilkie, David, Sir, 1785-1841, ill. | Burnet, John, 1784-1868, engraver.