Reprint of the 1886 illustrated instructional book on crayon portraiture. CONTENTS. Preface Crayon Portraiture Photographic Enlargements Crayon Materials The Specific Use of Crayon Materials The Strainer Mounting Crayon Paper and Platinum and Silver Enlargements Mounting Bromide Enlargements Outlines--Negative Outline Magic Lantern Outline Transfer Outline The Metroscope The Pantograph Crayon Effects--The Four Methods of making Backgrounds Free-hand Crayons and those made from Photographic Enlargements Filling in the Free-hand Crayon Line Effect Stipple Effect Backgrounds--General Principles First Method of making the Background--Stump Effect Second Method of making the Background Third Method of making the Background--Line Effect Fourth Method of making the Background--Stipple Effect Face--Line Effect Dress--Line Effect Bromide Crayons Finishing Bromide Enlargements Monochromes Values The Studio Framing Passepartout Mounting TRANSPARENT LIQUID WATER COLORS FOR COLORING PHOTOGRAPHS.--MATERIALS REQUIRED IN THEIR USE Theory of Color Colors Yellow Blue Rose Violet Magenta Flesh Brown Black Gold Instructions for using Liquid Water Colors Drapery Landscape The Principle FRENCH CRYSTALS Materials The Method Mounting French Crystals Finishing Photographs in India Ink Conclusion