Hatton, Richard G · London, Chapman & Hall ld. · leaf 116
ive 8i of circles of that radius. The figure on the right is donein the same way. The 12 feet are transferred from theground-line; but once the front of the object is reached,its front line can be divided into feet, and serve as ascale from which the upper part is worked. This is done,and a… … Fia. 55.—The picture-plane before and behind the object. This is shown in Fig. 55. There we have an objectwith base 4 feet by 8 feet, and 3 feet in height. Theground-plane is 5 feet below the eye, and the spectatoris 12 feet before the picture. The ground-line is drawn,therefore, 5 feet down by…
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