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Lessons in Figure Painting in Water Colours

Author Written and illustrated by Blanche F. MacArthur British
Author Written and illustrated by Jennie Moore British
1880
Not on view
The two women artists who wrote and illustrated this manual regularly exhibited at London’s Royal Academy. The text advises using a soft pencil to establish proportions, then using a finer point, and finally introducing layers of watercolors. Suggested colors are noted opposite progressive images, with the figure shown here partly finished.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Lessons in Figure Painting in Water Colours
  • Author: Written and illustrated by Blanche F. MacArthur (British, born 1847, active 1870–1903)
  • Author: Written and illustrated by Jennie Moore (British, born ca. 1852)
  • Publisher: Cassell, Petter and Galpin London, Paris & New York
  • Date: 1880
  • Medium: Illustrations: color lithographs
  • Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 7 1/4 in. (24.8 x 18.4 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.600.5
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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