Portrait painters alternated limning with coach and sign paintings or other types of craftsmanship, and even in the 18th century it was seldom possible to earn a living by painting alone. So people then probably couldn’t make a living by just painting, they would have to do something
Portrait painters alternated limning with coach and sign paintings or other types of craftsmanship, and even in the 18th century it was seldom possible to earn a living by painting alone. So people then probably couldn’t make a living by just painting, they would have to do something