Excerpt from The Art of Painting Portraits, Landscapes, Animals, Draperies Satins, &C. In Oil Colours: Practically Explained by Coloured Palettes; With an Appendix on Cleaning and Restoring Ancient Paintings on Panel or Canvas
The colours used in painting animals, and palettes Of colours for painting either black, white, chestnut, or bay-coloured horses.
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