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sure, without in)un\ The duration of this kind 

 of painting is also an advantage ; the colours arc 

 not liable to fade and change; no domp, or cor- 

 rosive substance can affect them; they have no 

 tendency to crack ; and if by accident they receive 

 injury, they can be easily repaired." 



A new kind of painting, called the EbjdorlCy 

 which name it derives from oil and ivater being 

 both used in its execution, was invented a few 

 years ago by M. Vincent, of France. The great 

 advantages of this invention are, that, by means 

 of it the artist is enabled to give a very high finish- 

 ing to small figures in oil, and to add to the mel- 

 lowness of oil-painting, the greatest beauty of 

 water-colours in miniature; and to do this in such 

 a manner that it appears like a large picture seen 

 through a diminishing glass.'^ 



The art of Painting on Glass was revived in 

 Great-Britain during the eighteenth century, and 

 brought, by the artists of that country, to as great, if 

 not greater, perfection than it had ever before at- 

 tained. In effecting this revival, the celebrated 

 Jervas, a British painter, was, among others, 

 much distinguished. 



The invention of a more perfect manner of pre- 

 paring IVater-Colours, about the year 1778, by 

 Mr. Thomas Reeves, of Great-Britain, also de- 

 serves to be mentioned, as an important event in 

 the .history of modern painting. The numerous 

 advantages conferred on the art of drawing in 

 water-colours, by this invention, are generally 

 known, and can scarcely be too highly appreci- 

 ated. 



In the year 1787 was announced the invention 

 of what is called Polijgraphic Painting, by which 

 paintings in oil may be multiplied, by a chemical 



g See Encyclopaedia, art. Encaustic Fainting, 

 b Ibid. art. Fainting, 



