The Year-book of Facts in Science and ArtCharles W. Vincent, James Mason Simpkin, Marshall, and Company, 1844 |
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... , or diapered enrichment in colour , occasionally heightened with gold , and blended with armorial bearings , badges , cognizances , and other C • heraldic insignia , emblazoned in their proper colours . MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 17.
... , or diapered enrichment in colour , occasionally heightened with gold , and blended with armorial bearings , badges , cognizances , and other C • heraldic insignia , emblazoned in their proper colours . MECHANICAL AND USEFUL ARTS . 17.
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... gold grounds , with diaper enrichments , legends , and heraldic devices in colour . That the screens , pillars , corbels , niches , dressings of the windows , and other architectural decorations , should be painted to harmonize with the ...
... gold grounds , with diaper enrichments , legends , and heraldic devices in colour . That the screens , pillars , corbels , niches , dressings of the windows , and other architectural decorations , should be painted to harmonize with the ...
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... gold , for the purpose of giving effect to the statues . " OPENING OF THE NEW GRAVING DOCK AT WOOLWICH . THE opening of this stupendous work took place on July 18 , when the Dock was entered for the first time by Her Majesty's Frigate ...
... gold , for the purpose of giving effect to the statues . " OPENING OF THE NEW GRAVING DOCK AT WOOLWICH . THE opening of this stupendous work took place on July 18 , when the Dock was entered for the first time by Her Majesty's Frigate ...
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... gold and colours . Pave- ments thus constructed are singularly beautiful . The outline of the design strikes clearly and sharply upon the eye , and the brilliant colours of the tesserę are reflected from the level surface , uninter ...
... gold and colours . Pave- ments thus constructed are singularly beautiful . The outline of the design strikes clearly and sharply upon the eye , and the brilliant colours of the tesserę are reflected from the level surface , uninter ...
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... gold . The umbrella is covered with rich figured silk damask , manufactured ex- pressly for the purpose in Spitalfields , at a cost of nearly £ 5 per yard . The umbrella shut up lies in a case , with the following articles , which are ...
... gold . The umbrella is covered with rich figured silk damask , manufactured ex- pressly for the purpose in Spitalfields , at a cost of nearly £ 5 per yard . The umbrella shut up lies in a case , with the following articles , which are ...
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Page 193 - ... which form the lights of the print, to a sufficient depth ; but in glyphography the depth of these parts is formed by the remaining portions of the white composition on the plate, analogous to the thickness or height of which must be the depth on the block, seeing that the latter is, in fact (to simplify the matter), a cast or reverse, of the former. But if this composition were spread on the plate as thickly as required for this purpose, it would be impossible for the artist to put either close,...