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Creator:: Hayter, Charles, 1761-1835
Title:: An introduction to perspective, adapted to the capacities of youth, in a series of pleasing and familiar dialogues, between the author's children : accompanied with illustrative plates, appropriate diagrams, and a sufficiency of practical geometry : to which is added, A compendium of genuine instruction in the art of drawing and painting : the whole comprising a body of information, adapted equally to the simplicity of youth, and to mental maturity ... / by Mr. Hayter ...
Published / Created:: London : Printed for the Author ... and sold by Black, Parry, and Co. ... Josiah Taylor ... Edward Orme ... and C.J. Barrington ..., 1813.
Physical Description:: viii, 168 p., [1], XIV leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 23 cm.
Collection:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Engravings by Turnbull; after Charles Hayter.
Subject Terms:: Perspective -- Technique. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Painting -- Technique. | Painting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1813.
Form/Genre:: Handbooks and manuals. | Drawing books.
Contributors:: Turnbull, engraver. | Hayter, Charles, 1761-1835, ill. | Hayter, Charles, 1761-1835. Compendium of genuine instruction in the art of drawing and painting.