The Oeconomy of Arts, Or, A Companion For the Ingenious of Either Sex: An Introductive Essay On Drawing: With The Nature and Beauty of Lights and Shadows. And Cuts suitable for the Young Practitioner, In The Manner of the Greatest Masters
The Oeconomy of Arts, a 1747 English drawing manual edited by George Bickham and held by Heidelberg University Library, was written for amateur and young students who wanted to learn drawing by copying model plates. Its engraved plates show landscapes, classical garden statuary, cattle and shepherds, and costumed figures, drawn in fine line with careful shading, offering a designer working models of pen-and-ink tonal study and figure placement in period style.
