The gentlemans exercise, or, An exquisite practise : as well for drawing all manner of beasts in their true portraitures, as also the making of all kinds of colors, to be used in limming, painting, tricking, and blazon of coates, and armes, with divers other most delightfull and pleasurable observations for all young gentlemen and others : as also serving for the necessary use and generall benefit of diuers trades-men and artificers ... (1634)
Peacham, Henry, 1576?-1643? · London : Printed [by J. Legat] for I.M[arriott]. and are to bee sold by Francis Constable at the signe of the crane, in Pauls Church-yard · leaf 31
aforenamed proportions you mailwork & helpe your felfeby the Diameter(which is aftraitline, drawn long waies juft in the midft of yourcircle or fquare) and which will guide you marvel-loufly in your work:for example,if I would draw theSunne, fo foone as I have made a faire circle I draw(with… … Which Diameter with the croflc line, are not onelyyour directors, for theequail placing of the greaterand lefler beames, on the fide as you may perceive:but alfo for the Drawing of the Nofe, Mouth andEy es,even in the midft of the Face. I will give youanother example of a Goblet orcup. Firft,I make…
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