The perfect painter: or, a compleat history of the original, progress and improvement of painting shewing, I. The Antiquity, Excellency and Usefulness of that Divine Art, to Those who are desirous of being Acquainted with the true Knowledge and Secrets therein contain'd. II. Plain Instructions to form a right Judgment of the real Value of good Pictures, and how to distinguish Originals from Copies. III. A Chronological Account of the most celebrated Painters, from their Rise, to the Present Time.
- Bell, Henry, 1647-1711.
- Date:
- M.DCC.XXX. [1730]
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Also known as
Historical essay on the original of painting
Publication/Creation
London : printed in the year, M.DCC.XXX. [1730]
Physical description
[4], 138,[4] p.,plate ; 120.
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References note
ESTC T8322
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.