The art of drawing in its various branches : exemplified in a course of twenty-eight progressive lessons, calculated to afford those who are unacquainted with the art, the means of acquiring a competent knowledge without the aid of a master : being the only work of the kind in which the principles of effect are explained in a clear, methodical, and at the same time familiar style (1827)

Smith, Thomas, watercolorist, Sherwood, Gilbert & Piper, publisher, Clowes, William, 1779-1847, printer · London : Printed for Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row · leaf 51

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