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 61
full expert herein: yet none at this day, who farvoureth a good picture, or any excellency in thatkinde, more then RaJulph the Emperour now living. Chap. XVI.of Drawing beafts, birds^flewcrs, &c. O V fliall finde among beafts fome moreharder to be drawne then others, fortwo refpecV, one is for… … L 11.1. DrwiftgmdLimmmg. ^ both pafling curious, and coate fo fine, that manyfinewes, yea and the fmalleft veines muft befhownein him, befides whofe action is jo divers, that forhardnefleof draught I know not any 6nebca%naybe compared to the Horfe; for fometimc you inu&draw him in his Carreer…
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