A guide to pictorial perspective : with numerous illustrations (1851)
Green, Benjamin Richard, 1808-1876 · London : George Rowney and Co. · leaf 19
the Eye is a point formed upon the draw-ing hy the intersection of the above lines, and is commonlybnt erroneously called the Point of Sight. In theorythis Point is designated the Centre of the Picture, whilstthe Point of Sight is the term applied to the eye of thesketcher; it is a point,… … 13 Chapter III. RELATIVE SITUATION of the SPECTATOR andTHE OBJECT TO BE DRAWN FROM. 1.—Height etc. of the Eye with relation to theObject—Vanishing Lines. By the above title is understood whether the objectviewed is above, below, in front, or on either side of us,all of these conditions may be…
