The elements of art; a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist (1848)
Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889, Chapman, J. G. (John Gadsby), 1808-1889. American drawing book · London, D. Bogue · leaf 82
RUDIMENTS OF DRAWING. 78 pleasure on the labor by which it has been attained, and forward to the assured consummation of his most ardent aspirations. … process by which it can be most readily obtained. When once the general form of the principal and most massive portion of the hand, extending from the wrist to the beginning of the fingers, is ascertained, and indicated with accuracy, next decide upon the length, expansion, and relative position,…
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