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PIGMENTS, PAINT
AND
PAINTING

Contents. List of Illustrations (In certain versions of this etext [in certain browsers]clicking on the image will bring up a larger version.) Index:A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,R,S,T,U,V,W,Y,Z (etext transcriber's note)

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PIGMENTS, PAINT
AND
PAINTING

A PRACTICAL BOOK FOR PRACTICAL MEN


BY

GEORGE TERRY



London
E. & F. N. SPON, 125 STRAND
New York
SPON & CHAMBERLAIN, 12 CORTLANDT STREET
1893
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INTRODUCTION.

In days gone by, the painter who served the usual term of apprenticeshipwas deemed to have done all that was required to qualify him for histrade. He may have learned little or much, but he had “served his time,”and that was all that was expected of him. So far as it went, thetraining was good, because it was nothing if not practical, and practiceis an essential element of skill. But nowadays such a training can onlybe considered partial; mere practice, without any scientific knowledgeof the principles which underlie it, is but half a qualification for theworkman who aims at being really a master of his trade.

When competition was unknown, and the low prices of raw material offeredno inducement for passing off inferior or fraudulent substitutes, therewas less need for a high degree of knowledge. But under modernconditions, the painter who is unable to gauge the qualities of thematerials he uses,

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