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Researching the
Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada
Recherche sur la Forteresse-de-Louisbourg Lieu historique national du Canada
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)
Appendix I
Table of Recorded Paint Materials in 18th Century Louisbourg, from Primary Documentation, (see Notes to Appendix I).
Red Ochre - Dry & ground in oil
Yellow Ochre - Dry & ground in oil
Spanish White - (in cakes)
White Lead, ceruse - Dry & ground in oil
Litharge -
Red Lead, minium -
Prepared/burnt/Umber -
Lampblack - Dry & ground in oil
Cendre bleue/Sanders blue/ - Dry & Vitriol (Copper sulphate)
Blanc d'Azur/Blue verditer/ - Dry
Bleu d'Azur/Paris blue/ - Dry
Indigo -
Cendre blanc/oystershell white -
Vert de gris/Verdigris/ - Dry
Vert de Vessie /distilled verdigrise -
Vermilion/cinnabar -
Carmine -
Linseed oil
Nut oil
Fish oil
Spermaceti oil
Spanish wax
Turpentine
Gomme Gutta/percha/a gum resin
Gum Arabic
Sandarac/a natural resin
Bois de Gayac/Guayacum, a natural resin
Glue/fish-or animal
Starch
Chaux/lime & clayey earth
Tar/brai & goudron
Vieux oing/old tallow Sulphur