Record General Remarks: check page numbering Date information Year: 1758 transl_trans Transcription It is indeed practiced sometimes to varnish over the ground, which will prevent sinking in; but there is a hazard in this, that the upper coat may leave the ground; and the painting consequently come off. Source Library/ Place of edition Title Year Starting date End date Display order Oxford University The Handmaid to the arts 1758 Page number(s) in source: 202-3 Glossary Historical name Current name ground Recipe from dataset Stols-Witlox on grounds for paintings Original ID: 34 Note: This record was imported from Maartje Stols-Witlox' database on grounds for oil paintings in NW Europe, 1550-1900. Read more and find the complete dataset here