A treatise on ancient painting : containing observations on the rise, progress, and decline of that art amongst the Greeks and Romans ... : to which are added some remarks on the peculiar genius, character, and talents of Raphael, Michael Angelo, Nicholas Poussin, and other celebrated modern masters ... : the whole illustrated and adorned with fifty pieces of ancient painting, discovered at different times in the ruins of old Rome, accurately engraved from drawings of Camillo Paderni, a Roman, lately done from the originals with great exactness and elegance
A 1740 London treatise by George Turnbull on ancient painting, with plates engraved by James Mynde after drawings by Camillo Paderni of fifty fragments found in the ruins of Rome, written for readers interested in Greek and Roman art and the modern masters. The plates are pale line engravings of single figures and small scenes set in framed panels, roundels and diamonds, with mythological figures, figures on horseback, and classical architecture; a designer could draw on their restrained classical ornament and compositional framing.
