Lectures on the principles and practice of perspective, as delivered at the Royal Institution : accompanied with a mechanical apparatus, and illustrated by engravings (1809)
Wood, John George, 1768-1838 · London : Printed for T. Caddell and W. Davies · leaf 23
oint, as for instance the point x, that point will be distinctly visible, and for a certain space around it objects may be clearly discerned, but as their distance from the point increases, they must appear weaker and weaker, till at length they become confused, and nothing can be seen be- yond a… … x then is the point termed by Dr. B. Taylor the centre of the picture. But as from the point so called rarely falling in the middle
Perspective · Drawing · Drawing -- Technique
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