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A system of water-colour painting : being a complete exposition of the present advanced state of the art, as exhibited in the works of the modern water colour school

Penley, Aaron, 1807-1870 · 1867 · London : Winsor & Newton · 18 pictures

A Victorian instruction manual on watercolour painting by Aaron Penley, published in London in 1867 by Winsor & Newton, aimed at amateur and student painters. The pictures are black-and-white wood engravings of paint boxes, folding palettes, and pencil-and-brush kits, showing compact portable equipment that a designer could draw on for vintage art-supply or traveling-artist imagery.

Watercolor painting

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