Progressive lessons intended to elucidate the art of portrait painting : in which is introduced a systematic arrangement of the colours and tints used inflesh, draperies and back-grounds, with examples illustrative of the several stages of a picture, from the dead-colouring to the finishing, together with the pallets, as set out for the first, second, and third painting ; to which is added a treatise on miniature painting inthe course of which the colours and tints in general use, the preparation of the ivory, choice of pencils, and every kind of information in that department of art is fully aforded for the advancement of the practitioner
An 1828 London instruction manual for portrait and miniature painters, printed for Simpkin and Marshall and Thomas Clay, teaching colour arrangement and the stages of a picture from dead-colouring to finish. The first plate shows a labelled oval palette with pale paint dabs, and the second a dark-backgrounded half-length portrait of a young man in a dark coat and white cravat, which a designer might borrow for its tonal contrast and soft modelling.
