Excerpt from Electrotint or the Art of Making Paintings, in Such a Manner That Copper Plates and Blocks: Can Be Taken From Them, by Means of Voltaic Electricity Having been engaged for a considerable time in assisting Mr. Palmer, of Newgate Street, to I carry out the process of electrotint painting, for which he has obtained a patent, he was desirous that I should write an explanation of the process, for the use of artists and amateurs considering that being an artist, I should be able to give a clearer description of the modes of proceeding, than a person with some pretensions to literary excellence, but wholly unacquainted with the technicalities of art. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com 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.