AN 
ESSAY 
ON A 
NEW THEORY OF COLOURS, 
AND ON 
COMPOSITION IN GENERAL,? 
ILLUSTRATED BY 
COLOURED BLOTS 
SHEWING THE 
APPLICATION OF THE THEORY 
TO COMPOSITION OF 
FLOWERS, LANDSCAPES, FIGURES, &c. 
IN THREE PARTS, 
BY M. OARTSIDE* 
'• ~ >. 
THE SECOND EDITION. 
“RETURN FAIR COLOURING!- 
-CHASTE SEDUCER! SAY, 
WIIAT LAWS CONTROUL THEE, AN t) WEAT POWERS OBEY. 
DU FRESNOY. 
LonOan: 
Printed by J. Barfield, Wardour-Street, 
FOR 
T. GARDINER, P1UNC ES-STREET, CAVENDISII-SQ0ARE, 
W. MILLER, ALBEMARLE-STREET, AND I. AND A. ARCII, CORNIJILL. 
1808. 
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