white lead

Noun

Meaning

a poisonous white pigment that contains lead

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water from clay pipes is much more wholesome than that which is conducted through lead pipes, because lead is found to be harmful for the reason that white lead is derived from it, and this is said to be hurtful to the human system. Vitruvius

I find linseed oil and white lead the most satisfactory mediums. Edward Hopper

Here you are, put this somewhere, on your work table. You must always have this before your eyes... It's a new order of painting. Our Renaissance starts here... There's a pictorial truth in things. This rose and this white lead us to it by a path hitherto unknown to our sensibility.. Paul Cézanne

Han van Meegeren knew that white lead was used during Vermeer’s time, but of course he had to obtain his stocks through the modern colour trade, which had changed significantly since the 17th century. Source: Internet

For it seems to be made injurious by lead, because white lead is produced by it, and this is said to be harmful to the human body." Source: Internet

The white lead in the painting The Supper at Emmaus had polonium-210 values of 8.5±1.4 and radium-226 (part of the uranium-238 radioactive decay series) values of 0.8±0.3. Source: Internet

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