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 : l. 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 : 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.
Published / Created:
London : Printed ... by Robert Sayer, Map, chart and printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, 1786.
Physical Description:
[2], 16 p., [72] leaves of plates (one folded) : chiefly ill. ; 28 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:581358
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC : British Art Center copy is bound with: The artist's vade mecum. London : Robert Sayer, 1786.
Subject Terms:
Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Leaton, Anthony -- Bookplate | Sayer, Robert -- Publisher