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A handbook of pictorial art (1875)

Tyrwhitt, R. St. John (Richard St. John), 1827-1895, Macdonald, A. (Alexander), 1839-1921 · Oxford, The Clarendon press · leaf 155

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mitate him in your own work. T, M.Richardsons moorland and highland scenery is very attractiveto sketchers, and deservedly so; but you should compare hismoors with a real moor before you take to copying him. Soof Coxs woods and weeds, or Copley Fieldings commons IWhen you have observed a form or a… … has taught you something and been a real work of kindnessand good to you. As a rule, never adopt or copy any featureof a picture without identifying it in Nature. The Durer woodcuts will teach you, better than anythingelse can, the value of detail in landscape, and the powerwhich is gained over…

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