A new manual of perspective: containing remarks on the theory of the art, and its practical application in the procudtion of drawings ... Illustrated by numerous engravings (1849)
Whittock, Nathaniel · London, A. Hall & Co. · leaf 31
A drawing seen directly in front, where allthe lines running in an horizontal direction are 28 MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. parallel to the base line, is said to be an eleva-tion of a building. Only one side of a buildingcan be shown in elevation, as may be seen inthe preceding engraving of the drawing… … j MANUAL OF PERSPECTIVE. 29 CHAPTER III. OPERATIONS IN PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE—FIGURES ONTHE GROUND PLAIN. Operation 1.—To draw the perspective appear-ance of a square, one side of it being on thebase line. First draw the square; then place one foot of the compasses on the angleof the square at c ;…
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