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

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 28

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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. … This is a drawing of a road running downhill.The sun is on our right hand, and the shadows arethrown across the picture. I have ruled a linefor the vanishing-plane, and you will notice thatthe wheel-marks vanish to different points on it.It passes through the shoulders of the men. Bythe drawing of…

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