The Perfect painter
Subtitle: or, a compleat history of the original, progress and improvement of painting ...
Publisher: [publisher not identified]
Published: 1730
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 138
Subjects: Painting; Early works to 1800
Other titles: Essay on original painting
Notes: "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 contained, 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.