Graphics : a manual of drawing and writing, for the use of schools and families (1838)
Peale, Rembrandt, 1778-1860, author · Philadelphia : J. Whetham · leaf 59
S3 MANUAL OP WRITING. PROPORTION AND CURVE. … This diagram is intended to show the application of one of our principles in drawing — the direction of the quantities— to the attainment of a certain grace in wri¬ ting. Instead of rounding the tops in exact symmetry on each side of the lines which guide the slope of the bodies of the letters, the…
Drawing -- Study and teaching · Penmanship -- Study and teaching
Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
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