Full Citation: William Mullingar Higgins. The House Painter, or, Decorator's Companion: Being a Complete Treatise on the Origin of Colour, the Laws of Harmonious Colouring, the Manufacture of Pigments, Oils, and Varnishes: and the Art of House Painting, Graining, and Marbling: To Which is Added, a History of the Art in All Ages. London: Thomas Kelly, etc., 1841. Essays: Introduction by Mel Wachowiak Senior Furniture Conservator Smithsonian Center for Materials Research and Education September 2000 Bibliographic Description by Leslie K. Overstreet Curator of Natural History Rare Books and Gil Taylor Librarian, Museum Support Center Library Smithsonian Institution Libraries September 2000 Notes: The "Irish Elk Print" Inserted in The House Painter... by Leslie K. Overstreet Curator of Natural History Rare Books and Gil Taylor Librarian, Museum Support Center Library Smithsonian Institution Libraries October 2000