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Subject Terms Varnish and varnishing.

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1. Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29.

Thomas Gainsborough letter to William Jackson, 1773 January 29.
Creator:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788
Date:
1773 January 29
Physical Description:
1 item (4 pages) ; 23 x 38 cm, folded to 23 x 19 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

2. A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.

A treatise of japaning and varnishing : being a compleat discovery of those arts : with the best of making all sorts of varnish for japan, wood, prints, or pictures : the method of guilding, burnishing, and lackering, with the art of guilding, separating, and refining metals and of painting mezzo-tinto prints ... / by John Stalker and George Parker.
Creator:
Stalker, John
Date:
1688
Physical Description:
[10], 84 p., 24 leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

3. Notes and formulas for the preparation of paints, varnishes, oils, etc. : manuscript.

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Date:
circa 1817
Physical Description:
1 volume (50 pages) ; 21 x 17 cm + 5 sheets.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

4. Elegance, amusement, and utility; or, The whole process of varnishing on paper and wood, with every improvement. By J. Crease ...

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Creator:
Crease, James
Date:
[1801?]
Physical Description:
38 p. 19 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

5. Smith's Art of house-painting : improved by Wm. Butcher : and including every particular relating to that useful art, with the best and most approved rules for preparing, mixing, and working, oil-colours, oil-cloth varnish and colour, milk-paint, &c. : the whole adapted to the meanest capacity, so as to enable any person to paint and grain, in oil-colours, all sorts of timber, or iron-work, in houses or ships : as gates, doors, posts, pales, palisadoes, and every thing that requires paint, whether for beauty or for preservation, from the influence of the weather; with the manner of painting window-transparencies, and other useful recipes.

No cover image available
Creator:
Smith, John, 1647 or 1648–1727?
Date:
1825
Physical Description:
iv, 36 pages ; 18 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

6. The art of japanning, varnishing, pollishing, and gilding. : Being a collection of very plain directions and receipts. Written for the use of those who have a mind to follow those diverting and useful amusements, and published at the request of several ladies of distinction. / By Mrs. Artlove.

No cover image available
Creator:
Artlove, Mrs
Date:
1730
Physical Description:
[2], 26, [2] p. (the final 2 p. blank ; 21 cm.(8 vo)
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts

7. The painter and varnisher's guide; or, A treatise, both in theory and practice, on the art of making and applying varnishes, on the different kinds of painting; and on the method of preparing colours both simple and compound ... By P.F. Tingry ...

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Creator:
Tingry, P. F. (Pierre François), 1743–1821
Date:
1804
Physical Description:
xlii p., 1 leaf, 540 p. 5 plates (3 fold.) fold. tab. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts