The draughtsmen's assistant : Or, Drawing made easy: wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar; in instructive lessons, comprised under the following heads: 1. Features and limbs. 2. Profiles and ovals. 3. Whole figures. 4. Drapery. 5. Light and shade. 6. Landscapes. 7. Perspective. 8. Enlarging and contracting. 9. Imitation of life. &c. explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs, on seventy-two copper-plates, neatly engraved: with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art. And observations on design, as well in regard to theory as practice. By the author of the artist's assistant.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.

Series:

Eighteenth century collections online. Part 2: New editions.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drawing--Early works to 1800.

Drawing.

Physical Description:

2 unnumbered pages,16 pages, plates ; 4⁰

Place of Publication:

London : Printed according to act of Parliament, by Robert Sayer, map, chart, and printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

text file

Notes:

The author of The artist's assistant = Carington Bowles.

Price in square brackets: (Price Seven Shillings and Six-pence sewed.)

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements. s2009 miunns

Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, N68905.

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