Dictionarium polygraphicum, or, The whole body of arts regularly digested ... : illustrated with fifty-six copper plates (1758)
Barrow, John, teacher of mathematics, Toms, W. H. (William Henry), ca. 1700-ca. 1750, Devoto, John, fl. 1719-1752, Hitch, Charles, d. 1764, Hawes, Lacy · London : Printed for C. Hitch and L. Hawes, in Pater-noster-Row : J. Hinton, in Newgate-Street : and L. Davis and C. Reymers, against Gray's Inn · leaf 173
to guide him ; here thefhape and fituation of his obje6ts are not previoufly determined,but left at large to be modelled, as they may happen in the pro-grefs of his work to appear to ftand belt; this indeed is the toocommon way in painters work, as it allows them all kind of la-titude in their… … PER i^t cf a pencil brought to ftand on nearer ground ; mountains are re-moved from place to place by raifing or lowering their founda-tions, till, at lalt, the painter fixes them as fuits beft with theirbulk and ftrength of colour which he firlt gave them. As he hasno fixed defign to work by, all…
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