Excerpt from A Treatise on Portrait Painting From Life: Also, Instructions for Painting Upon Photographs and Painting From Photographs<br><br>The work is supplemented with a discourse upon Art which the Author hopes may be interesting not only to Artists, Art students, and patrons Of Art, but also to the general reader.<br><br>The position Of fine Portraiture in Art should rank high; the most celebrated painters have practised it, but the individuality and precision, which in the best are its characteristics and requisites, have precluded the possibility Of there being many very successful.<br><br>The contemplation Of great Characters of History in their Counterfeit Presentment, as Of those of families whose images are endeared to the social circle, make this Art an essential in the World's interest.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.