The draughtsmen's assistant [electronic resource] : Or, Drawing made easy: wherein the principles of...
The draughtsmen's assistant [electronic resource] : 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.
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London : Printed according to act of Parliament, by Robert Sayer, map, chart, and printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
Date
MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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English
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[2],16p., plates ; 4°.
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Publisher
London : Printed according to act of Parliament, by Robert Sayer, map, chart, and printseller, No 53, Fleet-Street, MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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England
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MDCCLXXXVI. [1786]
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The draughtsmen's assistant [electronic resource] : 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....
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Price in square brackets: (Price Seven Shillings and Six-pence sewed.)
Reproduction of original from "Department of Special Collections, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas".
The author of The artist's assistant = Carington Bowles.
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ESTC N68905.
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Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
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74VK2Wj8AoDO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2Wj8AoDO
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991018074719702626