[15] If this treatise should meet with such approbation as to require a second edition, the recipe for the composing of crayons will be inserted at full length.
Table of Contents.
| Introductory account of Encaustic Painting | page [1] |
| Article the first, preparation of the cloth for painting in encaustic | [26] |
| Art. the second, of the colours, and their preparation and use | [29] |
| Art. the third, how to paint over or alter any part before the picture has been near the fire | [33] |
| Art. the fourth, how to fix the colours | [35] |
| Art. the fifth, how to retouch any part after the colours are fixed | [40] |
| Observations on Art. the first | [41] |
| —— Count Caylus’s method of preparing the cloth | [43] |
| —— Reasons for deviating from the count’s method | [45] |
| —— How to paint upon walls | [49] |
| —— How to paint upon wood, stone, &c. | [50] |
| —— How to paint upon paper | [51] |
| Observations on Art. the second; on grinding the colours | [53] |
| —— How to ascertain the just value of each colour | [55] |
| Observations on Art. the third, advantages of Encaustic painting over oil and size-painting | [60] |
| Observations on Art. the fourth, various methods for applying the fire to a picture | [63] |
| Observations on Art. the fifth, on retouching after the colours are fixed | [67] |
| List of the colours, white | [74] |
| —— Yellows | [76] |
| —— Pinks | [82] |
| —— Reds | [84] |
| —— Terra di Siena and terra verte | [88] |
| —— Blues | [91] |
| —— Blacks | [92] |
| —— Collens earth | [94] |
| —— Umbra | [95] |
| Method of painting with and fixing of the crayons | [97] |
| Art. the first, first method to prepare the cloth | [102] |
| —— Second method | [104] |
| Art. the second, of the crayons; their preparation | [107] |
| —— And use | [110] |
| Art. the third, how to fix the crayons | [112] |
| Observations on the system for painting with crayons | [113] |
| Remarks on the apparent character of encaustic paintings | [119] |
| —— On wax | [121] |
| —— On varnish | [ibid.] |
| Experiments | [124] |
| —— First | [125] |
| —— Second | [134] |
| Experiments on oil-colours | [135] |
| Conclusions | [138] |
Transcriber’s Notes
Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.