INDEX.
. A.
A
LABASTER, how to be ftained of
various colours, 447
ANTIMONY, as a white colour forename!, 251:— as a yellow colour for enamel, 267 :~—glafs of, how uied in enamel painting, 168
APPARATUS for making colours, 12 :—for enamel painting, 233 :—for gilding, 370
ARABIC GUM, < 154
ARCHAL, OrORCHAL, , 113
ARGENTUM MUSIVIUM, how prepared, 402
ARSENIC, how ufed in enamel, 252
ASHES ULTRAMARINE, 74
ASPHALTUM, 120
AURUM MOSAICUM, what, 386:«—how prepared, . 387
B.
BALNEUM MARIJE, 27
BELLOWS for burning enamel in an open hearth,
240
BICE, 89
Gg 2 BIDDERS,
BINDERS in the formation of crayons* what* 188 BISTRE, 117
BLACK, LAMP, 129 ivory, 129 :—Hue, 131
BLUE colours, 67 :—Pruffian, 77 cendres, or
Sanders blue, . . 85
BODY in colours, what, 5 :-<-in the compofition of crayons, of what to be formed, 184
BOILER for making colours, 24
BONE, how to be ftained of various colours* 441 BORAX, as an enamel flux, 245
BOWLES whiteglafs, as an enamel ground* 283 BREAKING colours,what, 4
BRICKS, as a colour in enamel, 269
BRIGHTNESS of colours, what, 4
BRONZING, what, and how to be performed, 104 BROWN colours, 114:—pink, 114:—oker, 218
BURNING enamel, or glafs, what, 232 enamel grounds, particular manner of* 302 :—enamel paintings, 308 :—paintings on glafs, 308
BURNISHING, how performed in gilding, 383
C
CALCINATION, what, and how performed, 33 CALCINED ANTIMONY, 251255:-— copper, 259:—iron, 2^^:—/tlver, 259:—tin, 248 CALKING, what, 333 : — how performed* 242 CAMERA OBSCURA, its life in drawing, 220
CARMINE, 54
CASTS from large fubjeds, 349 :—from fmall animals or vegetables, 356from medals or other fmall fubjeds, 359
CERUSE or white lead, 123
CHRYSTALS of verdigrife (commonly called diddled
verdigrife,) 105
CINNABAR native, 46 how counterfeited by the faditious, y 46
CLASSES
CLASSES of the colours, 8
CLEANING pictures, 218
CLEAR COATING, (vulgarly called clear coaling,) what, 203
CLOTHS for oil painting, what, 200:—how belt prepared, . - 202
COFFINS for burning enamel and painted glafs, 243 COLOURING maps, prints, &c. 227
COLOURS, what, 1:—kinds of 3 :—Hack, 120 *
blue, 67:— brown, 114:—-green, 104:— ,
nr :—-purple, 112 :—white, 121 :—:yellow, 90 :—composition with the proper vehicles, 162 :—proper to be ufed with oils, 262 :—proper to be ufed with water or in miniature paintings 166proper to be uled with fize or in frefco painting, 174:—proper to be ufed in var- nilh, 176:—for enamel, of what formed, 252
—black, 300 :• blue, 288 :— -—brown,
299 :—• —green, 294 : orange, 296 :—
—red, 284 : purple, 298 :— —white,
279—yellow, 291 :—for painting on glals
by burning, 313 : without burning, 325
COOLNESS in colours, what, 7
COPPER, its ufe and preparation for'forming colours in enamel, 260powder of, 403:—calcined, . 259
COVERING, as a quality in colours, what, 5 CRAYONS, general nature of, 181:—white, 190:— red, 191:—blue, 195:—green, 197:—orange, 198 purple, 198 :—brown, 199 :—black and
g«y,
CROCUS MARTIS, or calcined iron,
CRUCIBLES for enamel,
CULLENDERS for filtering,
CUSHION for gilding, what,
200 265 243 2 7 37°
Gsi
DESIGNS,
D.
DESIGNS, how to be more eafily made, 331
DEVICES uf^d in drawing, 331
DRYERS, what, 135:—particular kinds of, 147 DRYING OIL, what, and how prepared, J47 DUTCH gold, 369 :—pink, 94
E.
EGG-SHELL white, 128
ENAMEL- painting, general nature of,- 2*8 grounds, of what formed, 248 :——compofition and preparation of, 279 :— —how burnt, 302 :— colours, of what formech, 230 :— —black 300
- — blue, 288 : ’—brown, 299: green, 294:
. red, 284 — pur, 298 —-white,
279 yellow, 291 : -how laid, and
burnt,-308 —.inftruments of, - 233
•ENGLISH PINK, - 95
EVAPORATION, - 38
EXTRACT of liquorice, 121
F.
FAT OIL, what, 143 :>—how prepared, 372
FATTNING of colours, what, 6: how produced,
14.:—of oils, what, 142
FILTRATION, how to be performed, ' 36
FILTERS, 27
FIRE LUTE, 14
FLAKE WHITE, 121
FLINTS, as a body for enamel, 247
FLUXES in enamel painting, what, 228 :—fub- ftances ufed in compounding, 245 :—particular . compgfuion of, 2 75 :-?-f or painting on glafs, 313
FLYING
FLYING of colours, what, 4
FOULNESS of colours, what, 4
FRESCO painting, what, 137
FURNACES for making colours, 13:—for calcining Pruflianblue, 22:—for enamelling, 234:—for -fubliming kings yellow, 20 :—for vermilion, 15
G.
GALL STONES, 99
GAMBOGE, 9b
GILDING in general, 367:—kinds of, 368:—in oil, 372 with burnilht work, 377 japan -
ners, 384enamel or glafs by burning, 310 :— —without burning, 399:—paper, vellum, and . parchment, 300:—leather, 398
GLAIR of eggs., as a varnilh for pictures, 210
GLASS, as a ground for painting with vitreous, co- •• lours, or by burning, 302:—how painted with vitreous colours, and burnt, 318 how gilt by ' burning, 320:—how gilt without burning, 399: —of antimony, as an enamel colour, 268 '.—of
lead, as an enamel flux, 274 :— , as a
. flux, 277 :—common or Bowles's , as an enamel ground, 283
GLAZING with colours, what, 5
GOLD, its ufe in enamel, 254:—purple or precipitate of, 255 :—leaf, 368 : , 368 :—
powder proper for gilding glafs or enamel, 3221 —> —proper for japanners gilding, 384 Jbeil, what, 390— how prepared, 391:—fize for japanners gilding, 384 >• —for burnilh gilding, 378
GREEN colours, 104:—Pruffian, 168:—fap, 107 GROUNDS for oil painting, 201for water colours, 205:—for frefco painting, 207:—for G g 4 enamel*
enamel, of what formed, 248 :— —compofition
and preparation of, 279 : how laid on and
burnt, 302:—for japan work, 410
-GUM Arabic., 154 155 fcmderac, 160:
— majlic, • 160
GUM WATER, how prepared, 168
H.
HARDNESS of enamel, and fluxes, what, 129 HARTSHORN calcined or burnt, 125
HORN, how to be ftained of various colours, 441
J.
JAPANNING, general nature of, 406
JAPAN work, grounds for, 410: black, 419.
- ——blue, 416: green, 418:——orange,
418 : purple, 418 —tortoife fhelb
, 420 : yellow, 417 : —how painted, 421:—
how varnifhed, 423 how gilded, 428 how polilhed, 4 26
IMPRESSIONS, how to be taken from various fub- jefts, 361
INDIAN INK, 132
INDIAN RED, true, 112:—common or fi&iti- ous, . 50
INSTRUMENTS for making colours, 12:—for en* amelling, 233 :—for gilding, 370
IRON, its ufe in and preparation for forming colours in enamel, 263 how to be calf with a fmall heat, * 360
ISINGLASS, 156 how prepared, 168
JUICE, SPANISH, 121
IVORY B£ACK, 129
IVORY, how to be ftained of various colours, 441
. KINGS
K.
KINGS YKLLOW,
99
L.
LAC feed., 158 '.—Jbeil, 155
LACMUS or LITMUS, 89
LAKE, common, 55 r beautprepared from
BrafH wood, 60 i—Cbinefe or 64:—rofe
or rofe pinky 64 '.—orangey j 11
LAMP BLACK, 129
LACQUERING, what, and how performed, 428
LACQUER for imitating gold, 430:—for tin, 432 :
—for defending brafs work, 432
LAVENDER, oil of,as a fecondary vehicle in enamel
146
152
368
398
pre-
364
40
85
144
121
89
“3
32
painting,
LEAD, red, 49 -.—white, 123 :—fugar of. LEAF GOLD, qualities and kinds of, LEATHER, how gilded,
LEAVES, impreffions of, 364 how to be ferved for a long time, »
LÉVIGATION, how to be performed,
LIGHT PINK,
LINSEED OIL
LIQUORICE, extrait of, or Spanilh juice, LITMUS or LACMUS,
LOGWOOD wafh,
LUTE, called fire lute, 14 '.—common.
M.
MAPS, how to be waihed with colours, 227
MAGNESIA, its nature and ule in enamel, 240 MARBLE, how to be ftained of various colours,
447
MASTIC,
MASTIC, 160
M ASTICOT, 97
MATHEMATICAL compares, or , 347
MATTING, what, 381 :—how performed, 38*
MEDALS, calls of, how to betaken, 359: impreffi-
ons of, how to be made, 361
MELTING pots for enamel, 240
MENDING pictures., . - 216
MERCURY, its life in an enamel colour, 268
METZOTINTO PRINTS, how taken off on glafs and
painted, ' 325
MINIATURE PAINTING, what, 137
MINIUM, 47 :—as an enamel flux, 245
MOILON, as a body for enamel, 247
MUFFLES for burning enamel, or painted glais,
241
N.
NAPLES YELLGW, 9»
NATIVE CINNABAR, 46
NUT OIL, . >45
O.
OFF-TRACING, what, 332 :—how performed, 340 OIL, general nature of as a vehicle in painting, 139 :—particular kinds of, 141.:—147: -—of lavendert 146 -.—linjeedy 144:—nuty 145:—
poppy* ‘ . *46
OK.ER, brown., 118 :—redt 66 :—-fcarlet, 47 :—-yellow, . 93
OPACITY of colours, what, 5
OPERATIONS fubferviént to the. preparing co. lours, . . 29
ORANGE (ojofirti in :—lake, . ? 111
QRCHAL, or ÀRCHAL, 113
\2 ORPIMENT,
ORPIMENT, common., 98 :— or kirigsyellow,
90 its ufe as an enamel colour,.
PAINTING in oil, what, neceflary to it, 125:— —how performed, 162:—in , or with
water colours, what, 137 :—• —how performed,
1 66 :-—in frefco,or with what, 137
—how performed, 172 :—in , what
138 :— —how performed, 176 :—on glafs with vitreous colours, 309: with oil colours, 325
PALLET for gilding,.what, 37-1
PAPER, as a ground for water colours, 209 :—now gilt, 300:—how ftained of various colours, 448 PASTILS or CRAYONS. I8T
PARCHMENT, how gilt, 300:—how ftained, 148 PARALLELOGRAM, or MATHEMATICAL COMPASSES, what, and how ufed in drawing, 347 PEARL WHITE, 127
PICTURES, how to be preferved, 208 how to be mended, 216:—how cleaned, 218
PIGMENTS, what, . 3
PINK, brown, 114:—Dutch, 94 :—Engli/b, 85 :— light, 85 :—rofe, or roje 64
POLISH for gilding, 388:—for japan work, 426:— water, 207
POPPY OIL, 146
PRECIPITATE of (called purple of gold,) 255 : —of gold in its metalline form, 322 :—of copper, 262 —in its metalline form, 404 :—of iron, 266 PRECIPITATION, what, 25
PRESERVING pictures or other paintings, 208 PRIMING cloths for painting, 203:— for wa>
: ter colours, 265wood for oil painting, 203 : r ' j ’ ' for
P.
— —For varnifh paintings, 208:—copper platej for oil painting, 204—for varnifh painting, 208
PRINTS, how taken off1 upon glafs, and punted, 325:—how to be walhed with colours, 227
PRUSSIAN blue, 77:— green, 108
PURPLE colours, 112:—of gold, what, and how prepared, 255
PUTTY, or calcined tin, how prepared for ufing as a white colour in enamel painting, 248
R.
RED colours, 42lead,47:—oker,
REDUCTION in defigning, what, 333:—how performed, 344
RESIN, 161
RETORTS, 26
Rout PINK, 64
S.
SAFFRON, tinfture of, 103
SALT, fixt alcaline, as an enamel flux, 245 common, as an enamel flux, 246
SAND, as a body for enamel, ■' 246
SANDERAC, 160
SANDERS BLUE, or blue de cendres, 85
SAP GREEN, 107
SCARLET OKER, 47
SEED LAC, 158
SECONDARY vehicle in enamel painting, what, 230 SENEGAL GUM, 155
SHELL LAC, 159:——-varnilh, 177
SHELL GOLD, * . 391
SILVER, its ufe in forming, and preparation for
cole ura
colours in enamel, 259 powders, how prepared, 402
SILVERING, how performed, 402
SINKING of the colours, what, 202
SIZE common, 156:—of glovers cuttings, 156 s —parchment, 378 :— ifi, 168 ’.—gold for
»japanners, 384:— —for burnilh gilding, 378 2 — —for filvering, 403
SMALT, 18 :—its ule in enamel, 254
SOLUTION, what, 35
SOFTNESS of enamel and fluxes, what, ia§
SPANISH brown, 52:—liquorice, 121:—white, 127
SPIKE, oil of, 140
SPIRIT (or oil) of turpentine, 151 :—of wine, as a vehicle for colours, 138:— —how re&ified to any degree extemporaneoufly, 425.
STAINING wood black, 440:— —blue, 436:
green, 439 : -mahogony colour, 437:
red, 435: -purple, : ^yellow,
434:—bone, ivory, or horn black, 444:—
—blue, 443 : -green, 442: red, 442:
purple, 443 : tortoife fhell, 443
paper or parchment blue, 446:— —green, 446:
red, 445: orange, 446: purple,
447: yellow, 445: alabafter, marble,
ana other ftones, of various colours, . 447
STANDING of colours, what, 4
STARCH, how ufed for rendering water a vehicle,
STONES, how to be ftained of various colours, 447 SUBLIMATION, 30
SufcAR, and fugar candy, how ufed for rendering water a vehicle for colours, 156 :—of lead, as a dryer, . . 152
TARTAR,
. T.
TARTAR, its ufe in forming enamel colours, 370
TERRA VERTE, no
TERRA DE SIENNA burnt, 53unbumt, 100
TIN, how calcined for enamel, 248
TRANSPARENCY of colours, what, 5
TROY WHITE, 147’
TURMERIC wajb, 103
TURPENTINE, 160:— oil or of, 151
TURPETH MINERAL, too
U.
VARNISH, feed lac common, 444:——finer, 424: — —coarfe, 412 :—Jhell lac, *177 —Maf- tic, 179:—compound for painting, 179 of gum Arabic for preferving pictures, 209:— compound for prelerving paintings, 211:— — . Ampler kind of, 212:—compound in oil of turpentine for preferving paintings, 213:— — fimpler kind or, . .214
VARNISHING pictures, . 20S
VEHICLES, what, 2 :—general nature of, 134 : —fecondary in enamel painting, what, 230 VELLUM, as a ground for painting, 206:—how to be gilt, 300
VENETIAN RED, £
VERDIGRISE, 105:—dijlilkd or cbryfals of, 105 VERDITER, . g3
VERMILION, 42
UMBRE,. 119
VITRIOL green, how calcined, 14 and 49 :—how precipitated, 266:—white, 153
ULTRAMARINE, 67:—afhes, 74:—as a colour for enamel, 252
UNDERWORK
UNDERWORK in calling, what, and how to be managed, 354
UTENSILS for making colours, 12.:—for enamel painting, 233 :—for gilding, 370
W.
WARMTH in colours, what, . 7
WASH from French berries, 102:—from turmeric, 103:—from logwood, 113
WASHING with colours, what, 5:—over, what* and'how to be performed, '40:—maps, prints, fcfr. 227 •
WATER colours, what, 166:—as a vehicle, 136: —gum, how prepared, 168 :—how rendered a proper vehicle for colours, 136
WHITE colours, 111:—-flake, 121:—lead,. 133;
—pearl, 127:—enamel, 248 :—SpaniJh or Troy, 127:—egg-jfhell, 128:—vitriol, 153 .
WOOD, how to be itained of various colours; 434
Y.
1 YELLOW colours, 90:— King's,90:—Naples, 91: — oker, 93 :—waft) from the French berries,
102 : from turmeric, 103 :— —from faf-
fron, . 109
Z.
ZAFFER, its nature and ufe in enamel, 2^3
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