ABSTRACT
A very profitable and pleasing occupation has followed upon the development of the art of photography, by the necessity which exists to colour those portraits taken by the camera, where a closer resemblance to miniature painting is desirable. The delicate handling and more refined manipulation of the female hand has been found to be preeminently suited to this interesting pursuit, and consequently ladies far outnumber male artists in this speciality. Passing over the process of tinting with dry colouring, which is done with a brush and powdered chalks, the clouds and background being effected more boldly and freely with a “stump,” one arrives at once at the operation of painting photographs in water colours. These are composed principally of transparent colours; but semi-transparent and opaque colours — the latter better known as body colours, and generally restricted to white — are likewise employed.
