A practical treatise on painting in three parts consisting of hints on composition, chiaroscuro, and colouring
By: by John Burnet ; the whole illustrated by examples from the Italian, Venetian, Flemish, and Dutch schools
Contributors: Chiswick Press
Edition: New edition.
Published: 1830
Language: eng
Subjects: Technique.21; Painting; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Treatise on painting
Notes: Spine title: A treatise on painting.

Separate title page for each part, with printer "Chiswick : C. Whittingham" on verso.

Part I: 31 pages, 9 unnumbered leaves of plates; part II: vi, 45 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates; part III: ix, 64 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates (hand-coloured).

Publisher's advertisements (4 pages) at end.
Table of contents: title: [Part 1] Practical hints on composition in painting. Fourth edition 1830; title: [part 2] Practical hints on light and shade in painting. Third edition 1829; title: [part 3] Practical hints on colour in painting. Third edition 1830.