London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman · leaf 294
-tive drawings, one of which is figured and described in Vol. II.p. 49. of this Magazine; but no instrument has yet been in-vented for this purpose equal to the centrelinead of the cele-brated Mr. Peter Nicholson. One of the best proofs of theutility of this instrument is, the fact of its being in… … defined the proper distinction between perspective and geome-trical drawings. We frecjuently see well-executed geometricalelevations surrounded by objects in perspective, and, indeed, bylandscape generally. Nothing can be more absurd than to in-troduce bold foregrounds and aerial tints a round a…
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