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EIGHTEENTH CENTURY PAINT MATERIALS 
AND THE PAINTERS CRAFT AS PRACTICED IN LOUISBOURG

TRAINING MANUAL

BY

A. Storm

May 1982

(Fortress of Louisbourg
Report H G 05)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

NOTE:
Presently, the illustrations and graphs are not included here.
For these, please consult the original report in the archives of the
Fortress of Louisbourg

• Introduction
    

• I. Paint materials imported or produced in 18th century Louisbourg. (See Appendix I) - of what they were made, and a bit on how they were made 
    

• II. Varnishes
    

• III. Of the various dye compounds suitable for dyeing woods, and how to use them 
    

• IV. Eighteenth century painters craft and practices
    

• V. Oil Paints
    

• VI. Distemper, Casein and Whitewash, Of Measuring, and Painters Work 
    

• VII. Gilding with Gold or Silver 
    

• Appendix I. Table of recorded paint materials in eighteenth century Louisbourg (from primary documentation) 
    

• Appendix II. Eighteenth century painters tools
    

• Notes 
    

• Bibliography 

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