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Paper, 'An account of Mr James Christoper Le Blon's principles of printing in imitation of painting and of weaveing tapestry in the same manner as brocades' by Cromwell Mortimer

Reference number: CLP/2/29

Date: 1731

Description

Mortimer describes Le Blon's methods for creating prints of paintings and woven objects, and his underlying colour theory and 'harmony of colouring'.

Subject: Chemistry / Trade

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'An account of Mr. James Christopher Le Blon's principles of printing, in imitation of painting, and of weaving tapestry, in the same manner as brocades'.

Read to the Royal Society on 29 April 1731.

Reference number
CLP/2/29
Earliest possible date
1731
Physical description
Ink on paper
Page extent
13 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

Cromwell Mortimer

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Cromwell Mortimer, Paper, 'An account of Mr James Christoper Le Blon's principles of printing in imitation of painting and of weaveing tapestry in the same manner as brocades' by Cromwell Mortimer, 1731, CLP/2/29, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/clp_2_29/paper-an-account-of-mr-james-christoper-le-blons-principles-of-printing-in-imitation-of-painting-and-of-weaveing-tapestry-in-the-same-manner-as-brocades-by-cromwell-mortimer, accessed on 14 December 2024

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