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On Bernini’s Bust of a Stewart King

Sir Joshua Reynolds – Notes from Rome

Pussy Willow Wielded a Real Broad Sword

The American Museum in Britain – From Florida to Bath

Sir Joshua Reynolds’ Memoranda on Painting – December 1755

Temples, Walls, And Some of the Roman Antiquities of Bath

Method of Restoration for Ancient Bronzes and other Alloys

Parting Words to Kate from The Sloop of War, Jamestown

List of the 60 Franklin Library Signed Limited Editions

Thomas Jefferson Correspondence – On Seed Saving and Sharing

Formulaes for Re-Creating the Old-Fashioned Drug Store Counter

Money Saving Recipe for Gold Leaf Sizing

A Couple of Classic Tennessee Squirrel Recipes

U.S. Coast Guard Radio Information for Boaters

The Hardwood Handbook – An Illustrated Guide to Appalachian and Southern Lumber

Looking for a Gift for the Book Collector in the Family?

Audubon’s Art Method and Techniques

The Whiting Society of Ringing

A Conversation between H.F. Leonard and K. Higashi

A General Process for Making Wine

Wood Finishing – Blistering, Peeling, and Cracking of House Paints from Moisture

What is the Meaning of the Term Thorough-bred Fox-hound

On the Origin of Species – Natural Selection by Charles Darwin

Philly Dips – Some Philadelphia Cream Cheese Classics from the 1950s

Modern Slow Cookers, A Critical Design Flaw

The Preparation of Marketable Vinegar

Something about Caius College, Cambridge

Homemade Wine Recipes from the 16th and 17th Centuries

Preserving Iron and Steel Surfaces with Paint

History and Facts on American Newspaper Production from the Colonial Times Through the 1890s.

U.S. Plant Variety Protection Act – Full Text

Cleaning Oil Paint Brushes with Linseed Oil and Yardley of London Shea Butter Soap

Shipping Fish Three Thousand Miles to Market

Stoke Park – Granted by King Charles I

A Note on Ill-Breeding from a Knight of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem

A History of the Use of Arsenicals in Man

Herbal Psychedelics – Rhododendron ponticum and Mad Honey Disease

A History of Fowling – Ravens and Jays

Fox Hunting Season Opens 1935 – Heythrop Country at Lower Swell, near Stow-in-the-Wold, Gloucestershire

The English Tradition of Woodworking

Traditional JuJutsu Health, Strength and Combat Tricks

Historic authenticity of the Spanish SAN FELIPE of 1690

The Relation of Chemistry to the progress of Wine Making, Brewing, and Distilling

Protecting Rare Books: How to Build a Silverfish Trap

Producing and Harvesting Tobacco Seed

An Accurate Translation of FDR’s Second Fireside Chat

A Day of Foxhunting in Maryland

Herman de Vries at Venice Biennale 2015 – Going Caveman With Anti-Matter Fragmentation Art – A Tribute

A Short Note on Manners for the Young Man Wishing to Make a Goodly Impression Whilst Avoiding Duels

Artistic Endeavour in the Absence of Country Gentlemen

The Shirk – An Old but Familiar Phenomena

Storing Drinking Water in Copper Vessels for Microbial Purification

Period Furniture Identification

The Basics of Painting in the Building Trade

Ought King Leopold to be Hanged?

The History of Witchcraft in England – The Beginnings

The Warmth of a Country Christmas

Proper Book Handling and Cleaning

Cup of Tea? To be or not to be

Herman de Vries at Venice Biennale 2015 – Going Caveman With Anti-Matter Fragmentation Art – A Tribute

June 29th, 2018

Dutch artist Herman de Vries – Photo taken by son Vince

The two videos below of Herman de Vries at work at the Venice Bienalle 2015 are quite inspiring.

So inspiring in fact that I moved into a cave for two weeks and wrote Shakespearean tragedy with charcoal. Filled with great […]

Category: Art & Restoration

The Intaglio Processes for Audubon’s Birds of America

May 9th, 2018

Notes on the intaglio processes of the most expensive book on birds available for sale in the world today.

The Audubon prints in “The Birds of America” were all made from copper plates utilizing four of the so called “intaglio” processes, engraving, etching, aquatint, and drypoint. Intaglio processes […]

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Audubon’s Art Method and Techniques

May 9th, 2018

Wild Turkeys by John James Audubon

Audubon started to develop a special technique for drawing birds in 1806 a Miill Grove, Pennsylvania. He perfected it during the long river trip from Cincinnati to New Orleans and in New Orleans, 1821.

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Sir Peter Francis Bourgeois and the Dulwich Picture Gallery

April 27th, 2018

Noel Desenfans and Sir Francis Bourgeois, circa 1805 by Paul Sandby, watercolour on paper

The Dulwich Picture Gallery was England’s first purpose-built art gallery and considered by some to be England’s first national gallery. Founded by the bequest of Sir Peter Francis Bourgois, dandy, the gallery was built to display his […]

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