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All draughtsmen's assistant : or, drawing made easy: wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar: in ten 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. 10. History. Explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on 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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Drawing--Technique--Early works to 1800.
Drawing.
Genre:
Drawing books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource ([2],16p.,72 plates )
Other Title:
All draughtsmen's assistant
Place of Publication:
London : printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Print-Sellers, (no. 53) Fleet-Street, [1780?]
Notes:
The author of The artist's assistant = Carington Bowles.
Reproduction of original from British Library.
Cited in:
English Short Title Catalog, T70278.
OCLC:
642666297

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