An edition of Haney's manual of sign, carriage, and decorative painting (1870)

Haney's manual of sign, carriage, and decorative painting

Containing rules and regulations in everything relating to the arts of gilding, painting, varnishing, preparing grounds, etc.; together with rules for making drying oils, sizes, Japans, and other requisites of the art. Also a treatise upon contrasts harmony and force of colors, theory of composition, groundwork, tints, shades, and shadows, with full instructions in practical fresco and decorative painting. Also complete system of carriage painting, with numerous useful and valuable recipes, some of them never before given to the public, including the secrets of the celebrated Birmingham Japanners

By Gibson, S. (Painter)