The Cabinet Of The Arts: being a New and Universal Drawing Book, Forming A Complete System of Drawing, Painting in all its Branches, Etching, Engraving, Perspective, Projection, & Surveying ... Containing The Whole Theory And Practice Of The Fine Arts In General, ... Illustrated With One Hundred & Thirty Elegant Engravings [from Drawings by Various Masters]
The Cabinet of the Arts is an 1821 drawing manual compiled by John Dougall and published for students and amateurs, covering drawing, painting, etching, engraving, perspective and surveying, with 130 engravings from drawings by various masters. The first plate shows precision drawing instruments such as compasses, rulers, a pantograph and a proportional divider drawn in clean outline. The second is a small genteel vignette of women and a child sketching in a garden, a useful reference for period costume and soft outline figure work.
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