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REMBRANDT
AND HIS WORKS:
COMPRISING
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE;
WITH A CRITICAL EXAMINATION INTO HIS PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF DESIGN, LIGHT, SHADE, AND COLOUR.
ILLUSTRATED BY
Examples from the Etchings of Rembrandt.
BY
JOHN BURNET, F.R.S.
AUTHOR OF "PRACTICAL HINTS ON PAINTING."
LONDON:
DAVID BOGUE, 86, FLEET STREET.
MDCCCXLIX.
TO
THE EARL OF ELLESMERE,
THE ENLIGHTENED PATRON OF ART AND LITERATURE,
THIS WORK
IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
BY HIS OBLIGED, HUMBLE SERVANT,
JOHN BURNET.