Diary on Art Gossip (1803) [ Practices / People ]
… of the Art. —Fuseli had sent his lectures handsomely bound to Vincent at Paris to beby him presented to the Institute with a letter. Poggi [a picture-dealer] carries them. — Marchi told me to day that during the latter part of Sir Joshua … vehicle in painting the Macgilp only (mastic varnish & drying oil) which He sometimes would lay on a part of his picture without mixing any colour with it, but making it serve as a tint. This did not answer, for in a few months it was sure to become yellow or brown & …
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