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

Wyllie, W. L. (William Lionel), 1851-1931 · London, E. Arnold · leaf 30

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sh awav to a pointover it, not on the horizon, but a little below it,where the vanishing-line of the slope is to be found. There is a rise on the left, as we may seefrom the hedgerows running away uphill, and thevanishing-line of this plane crosses the horizonnear the middle of the sketch, so that… … Here we have the shadow of another house.V.P.S.R. is much higher up ; therefore we knowthat the sun is near its setting. The long shadows run towards a white house inthe distance ; it must therefore be on the vanishing- line of the sloping part of our meadow. But thereis a second slope away to the…

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