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1864 Thomas John Gullick Painting Popularly Explained

1864 Thomas John Gullick Painting Popularly Explained

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Painting Popularly Explained by Thomas John Gullick and John Timbs, second edition revised and enlarged, published in London by Lockwood & Co. in 1864. A Victorian technical manual on painting methods covering fresco, oil, water-colour, tempera, encaustic, miniature, mosaic, enamel, and manuscript illumination, written for working artists, students, and serious amateurs. The full morocco prize binding bears a gilt VR crowned cipher to the front board, and a Kidderminster School of Art prize label dated 1868 records its award to William Woodhead, placing this copy directly within the Victorian government art education movement.

Details
Author
Thomas John Gullick, assisted by John Timbs, F.S.A.
Title
Painting Popularly Explained
Publisher
Lockwood & Co., Stationers' Hall Court, London
Date
1864
Edition
Second edition, revised and enlarged
Binding
Full brown morocco leather with raised bands, gilt spine lettering, blind-stamped fleur-de-lis spine compartments, ornate blind-stamped boards, gilt VR crowned cipher to front board, gilt page edges, marbled endpapers
Pages
336 pages
Dimensions
6.75 in H x 4.25 in W x 1 in D
Illustrator
Wood-engraved frontispiece, vignette portrait to title page
Inscription
Kidderminster School of Art prize label, Science and Art Department of the Committee of Council on Education, awarded to Willm Woodhead, 1868
Language
English
Origin
England
Condition

The morocco binding shows rubbing to corners, spine ends, board edges, and raised bands, with surface scuffing to the leather consistent with age and use. The gilt VR cipher and spine lettering remain bright and legible, and the gilt page edges are largely preserved. The marbled endpapers are attractive and intact. Foxing is present on the pages, most noticeably around the frontispiece and title page. The 1868 prize label is present and legible on the front pastedown

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