PORTRAIT MINIATURES By George C. Williamson
MINIATURES, ANCIENT AND MODERN By C. J. H. Davenport
MINIATURES By D. Heath
HISTORY OF PORTRAIT MINIATURES (two vols.) By George C. Williamson
HOW TO IDENTIFY PORTRAIT MINIATURES By George C. Williamson
CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES By J. J. Foster
⁂ Information concerning the above books may be had on application to the Editor of The Mentor.
[THE OPEN LETTER]
Miniatures are painted in water color and in oil—more commonly the former. Some of the early Dutch and German miniatures were painted in oil, and, as a rule, on copper. The miniatures painted during the eighteenth century were chiefly in water color, and on ivory. It is said that ivory came into general use during the reign of William III (1689-1702). Miniatures before that time were painted on vellum or cardboard.