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The miniature painter's manual containing progressive lessons on the art of drawing and painting likenesses from life on card-board, vellum, and ivory, with concise remarks on the delineation of character and caricature (1844)

Whittock, N. (Nathaniel), 1791-1860 · London : Sherwood, Gilbert, and Piper · leaf 18

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uld study theanatomy of the human head, or at leastmake himself acquainted with the names,shape, and use, of the bones and musclesof the face. Students of this class would ofcourse seek for more extended informationon this subject than could be afforded in awork like the present; but those who… … 10 of an egg. The broad or upper end repre-sents the general form of the head; the smallend the shape of the lower part of the face.The oval is divided by drawing a perpendi-cular line through the centre. This line is^intersected by an horizontal line, also drawnthrough the centre of the oval.…

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