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Nature's laws and the making of pictures (1903)

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 27

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to put standingon the same line must also be one-third. Thewoman on the second water-mark is nearly one-quarter as high as the distance from the sand ather feet to the horizon ; so all the other womenalono- this tide-mark must be the same size inproportion to the height to the horizon, whichI have… … from lower ground. Here the horizon cuts through the waists of the men on the high-water NATURES LAWS AND THE MAKING OF PICTURES 17 mark, and is over the heads of the men on the for the curve of the world, as the sketch is takenedge of the river. Here I have allowed very little from so low down.

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