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p. 243

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MORAL PRECEPTS FOR THE STUDENT OF PAINTING.

A WARNING CONCERNING YOUTHS WISHING TO BE PAINTERS.

How to ascertain the dispositions for an artistic career.Many are they who have a taste and love for drawing, but no talent; and this will be discernible in boys who are not diligent and never finish their drawings with shading.


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