The chemistry of paints and painting / by A. H. Church, F.R.S., Professor of Chemistry in the Royal Academy of Arts in London

Sir Arthur Herbert Church

RA Collection: Book

Record number

11/2818

Author

Edition

Third edition. Revised & enlarged.

Imprint

London: Seeley and Co. Limited, 1901

Physical Description

xx, 355 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Bibliography Note

"Bibliogrpahical notes": p. xv-xvii.

Contents

Introduction – PART I: PAINTING-GROUNDS. i. Paper, vellum, ivory. ii. Plaster, gesso, stone, slate, etc. iii. Panel. iv. Canvas . -- PART II: VEHICLES AND VARNISHES. v. Oils. vi. resins, waxes and solid paraffins. vii. Yolk and white of egg; size; glue. viii. Gum, starch, dextrin, honey, and glycerine. ix. Water-glass, lime- and baryta-water. x. solvents and diluents. xi. Siccatives or dryers. xii. Varnishes and vehicles – PART III: PIGMENTS. xiii. White pigments. xiv. Yellow pigments. xv. Red pigments. xvi. Green pigments. xvii. Blue pigments. xviii. Brown pigments. xix. Black pigments. xx. Classification of pigments. xxii. Tables of permanent, fugitive and alterable pigments. xxii. Selected and restricted palettes. PART IV. METHODS AND RESULTS. xxiii. Painting-methods. xxiv. The study of old paintings and drawings. xxv. Conservation of pictures and drawings. xxvi. Trials of pigments – INDEX.

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a 20th century Royal Academy bookplate

Subject

Colour - colouring - materials - techniques

Contributors