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PREFACE.
the result of long experience; and it is not without con-
siderable confidence, that we feel that such will be the
case, if it be remembered, that this experience has been
extended over a space of years, during which he, to
whose admirable taste and judgment we are so much
indebted, has watched the transition of the art from its
early imperfect, condition, through all its stages, to its
present surprising state of maturity and greatness. The
names which are placed on our title, will be a full warrant
for our hope that our rules and general remarks may be
relied upon ; for they arc the names of those who have
achieved well-merited reputations, by the power and
beauty of their works.
For ourselves, as the editors of these few pages, we
feel glad, to no small extent, in having had the privi-
lege of seeing the work brought fairly into existence;
and in launching this, our little vessel, again upon her
voyage, we will venture to hope that the same success
may attend her, and that she, in common with the series
of little works* to which she belongs, may be perma-
* "The Art of Sketching from Nature." By Thomas Rowbotham.
With Illustrations. Price Is.—" A System of Water Colour Painting."
By Aaron Penley. Price Is.—" Instructions in the Art of Landscape
Painting in Oil Colours." Price Is.—Penley's "Principles of Perspec-
tive." With Illustrations. Price Is.—" Portrait Painting in Oil Colours."
By Henry Murray. Price Is.—" Portrait Painting in Water Colours."
By Mrs. Merrifield. Price Is., &c.
PREFACE.
the result of long experience; and it is not without con-
siderable confidence, that we feel that such will be the
case, if it be remembered, that this experience has been
extended over a space of years, during which he, to
whose admirable taste and judgment we are so much
indebted, has watched the transition of the art from its
early imperfect, condition, through all its stages, to its
present surprising state of maturity and greatness. The
names which are placed on our title, will be a full warrant
for our hope that our rules and general remarks may be
relied upon ; for they arc the names of those who have
achieved well-merited reputations, by the power and
beauty of their works.
For ourselves, as the editors of these few pages, we
feel glad, to no small extent, in having had the privi-
lege of seeing the work brought fairly into existence;
and in launching this, our little vessel, again upon her
voyage, we will venture to hope that the same success
may attend her, and that she, in common with the series
of little works* to which she belongs, may be perma-
* "The Art of Sketching from Nature." By Thomas Rowbotham.
With Illustrations. Price Is.—" A System of Water Colour Painting."
By Aaron Penley. Price Is.—" Instructions in the Art of Landscape
Painting in Oil Colours." Price Is.—Penley's "Principles of Perspec-
tive." With Illustrations. Price Is.—" Portrait Painting in Oil Colours."
By Henry Murray. Price Is.—" Portrait Painting in Water Colours."
By Mrs. Merrifield. Price Is., &c.