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MINIATURE.
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carried all along the leaves. The greens are executed with verditer and masticot, and shaded
with sap-green and gamboge.
The Jillijiower.—Of these there are several sorts; the white, the yellow, the purple, the red
and the variegated. The white are laid with white, and shaded with black and a little indigo,
in the heart of the leaves : The yellow are done with masticot, gamboge and gall-stone: The
purple—with purple and white, and finished with less white, making the heart brighter and a
little yellowish : The red are laid with lake and white, and finished with white : The mixed-
coloured are grounded with white, and the variegations are made sometimes with purple in which
there is some ultramarine ; at other times with a mixture of carmine. Some of the varieties are
done with white, shading the leaves with indigo. The seeds are formed with verditer and masti-
cot, and finished with sap-green. The leaves and styles are laid with the same colours, and
finished with sap-green.
SECTION VII.
of miniature painting.
MINIATURE painting is performed with very small lines, or rather points or dots, done
with very thin simple water-colours, on vellum, paper or ivory. Paintings of this sort are dis-
tinguished from other kinds by thesmallness and delicacy of the figures, and the lightness of the
colouring; and therefore require to be nearly examined.
The colours principally used in miniature-painting are these
Carmine,
Lake,
Rose Pink,
Vermilion,
Red Lead,
Brown Red,
Red Orpiment,
Ultramarine,
Verditer,
Indigo,
Gall-stone,
Yellow Ochre,
Dutch Pink,
Gamboge,
Naples Yellow,
Pale Masticot,
Deep Y ellow Masticot
Ivory Black,
Lamp Black,
Leaf Gold and Silver,
Genuine Indian Ink,
Bistre or Wood Soot,
Raw Umbre & burnt,
Sap-Green,
Verdegris,
Flake White,
Crayons of all colours,
Gold & Silver Shells.
Where writing is to appear through the painting the following, transparent colours are
used, viz.
lioui n.
Lake——Blue-Yellow-Grass Green——Dark Green--Purple-Brown.
As colours formed from earthy or mineral substances, however well they may be ground and
prepared, can never be entirely freed from a certain grit or sand, and are thereby unfit for the
delicate execution of miniatures; they may be made to give out the finest parts of their colour,
by diluting them with the finger in a cup of water. When the substances have been well
steeped and mixed, they are allowed to settle, and the clearest part of the liquid poured off
into another cup, there to dry, and to be afterwards mixed with a little gum-water, when
required for use.
By mixing a little of the gall of an ox, of a carp, or of an eel, particularly the last, with the
green, grey, black, yellow, or brown colours, any greasiness in them will be entirely removed
3 y and
266
carried all along the leaves. The greens are executed with verditer and masticot, and shaded
with sap-green and gamboge.
The Jillijiower.—Of these there are several sorts; the white, the yellow, the purple, the red
and the variegated. The white are laid with white, and shaded with black and a little indigo,
in the heart of the leaves : The yellow are done with masticot, gamboge and gall-stone: The
purple—with purple and white, and finished with less white, making the heart brighter and a
little yellowish : The red are laid with lake and white, and finished with white : The mixed-
coloured are grounded with white, and the variegations are made sometimes with purple in which
there is some ultramarine ; at other times with a mixture of carmine. Some of the varieties are
done with white, shading the leaves with indigo. The seeds are formed with verditer and masti-
cot, and finished with sap-green. The leaves and styles are laid with the same colours, and
finished with sap-green.
SECTION VII.
of miniature painting.
MINIATURE painting is performed with very small lines, or rather points or dots, done
with very thin simple water-colours, on vellum, paper or ivory. Paintings of this sort are dis-
tinguished from other kinds by thesmallness and delicacy of the figures, and the lightness of the
colouring; and therefore require to be nearly examined.
The colours principally used in miniature-painting are these
Carmine,
Lake,
Rose Pink,
Vermilion,
Red Lead,
Brown Red,
Red Orpiment,
Ultramarine,
Verditer,
Indigo,
Gall-stone,
Yellow Ochre,
Dutch Pink,
Gamboge,
Naples Yellow,
Pale Masticot,
Deep Y ellow Masticot
Ivory Black,
Lamp Black,
Leaf Gold and Silver,
Genuine Indian Ink,
Bistre or Wood Soot,
Raw Umbre & burnt,
Sap-Green,
Verdegris,
Flake White,
Crayons of all colours,
Gold & Silver Shells.
Where writing is to appear through the painting the following, transparent colours are
used, viz.
lioui n.
Lake——Blue-Yellow-Grass Green——Dark Green--Purple-Brown.
As colours formed from earthy or mineral substances, however well they may be ground and
prepared, can never be entirely freed from a certain grit or sand, and are thereby unfit for the
delicate execution of miniatures; they may be made to give out the finest parts of their colour,
by diluting them with the finger in a cup of water. When the substances have been well
steeped and mixed, they are allowed to settle, and the clearest part of the liquid poured off
into another cup, there to dry, and to be afterwards mixed with a little gum-water, when
required for use.
By mixing a little of the gall of an ox, of a carp, or of an eel, particularly the last, with the
green, grey, black, yellow, or brown colours, any greasiness in them will be entirely removed
3 y and