folio 12 verso – folio 13 recto

For Drawing and
Painting
take a Sheet of Venice
Paper or Else of the
finest white paper that
You can Gett wett it all
over with Clean Sallet
oil then wipe the. oil of
from the. paper as clean as
You can So that the. paper
may be dry otherwise it
will Spoil a printed
Picture having this
don prepared your

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Paper lay it upon any
Painted or printed picture
and you Shall see the.
Picture thro' the. same more
Perfectly appearing than
thro glass and so with all
a black lead pen you may
Draw it over with Ease
and better first with a
Soft Charcole and then
with a pen after that you
have thus drawn the. picture
upon the. Oiled paper put it
upon a Sheet of white
paper and with a little