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 63
where I finifh it quite at E,or the heele. I next draw from his belly two ftrokesat I and K: I make the other legge behinde, then theright fore-foote ilfuing from the breaft: then I finiflithe taile, pawes,tongue, teeth, beard, and laft of allthe fliadowing: which methode you fhall obfervein all… … Lib. z. Drawing rndLrmming. j| mud be in every part behind, eare,mane, backe, hin-der-legge, &c. But you may fay, how hapr^encth uthen, thathis nether chap and fome partoMiis throate andbelly are (hadowed being both with the light * Ianfwere the light of it owne nature can never fallunder, but…
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