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           THE PAINTER.
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  The common Painter is generally joined
with a Plumber and Glazier; but a person
who paints portraits, landscapes, animals,
historical pieces, sea pieces, shipping, &c.
is properly distinguished by the name of all
Artist. Some painters have peculiar talents
for one department, and some for others;
but it rarely happens that one man excels in
more than one or two. A portrait painter,
in oil colours, is frequently an historical pain-
ter; but an artist, who paints in miniature,
is often unacquainted with any other part of
the profession. Each department requires
different knowledge. The implements made
use of in this art are a stone and a muller,
to grind the colours: an operation which is
sometimes performed with oil and some-
times with water; hence the distinction be-
tween painting in oil and painting in water-
colours. A palette and palette knife are
required; likewise pencils, or brushes made
of camel's hair, badger's hair, or hog's bristles.
Also, in order for the painter to rest his right
hand and keep it steady, he should have a
stick about a yard long, with cotton or wool
tied up in soft leather round the end to pre-
vent its scratching the picture. The canvass
is placed on a wooden frame.