Perspective, or, The art of drawing what one sees : explained and adapted to the use of those sketching from nature (1872)
Collins, W. H. (William Henry) · London : Longmans, Green · leaf 61
43 APPARENT SIZE OF OBJECTS. picture. Such cases are not common except in sketches of interiors of buildings. Fijr. 17. … We said that a lamp>post if twice as far off* as another would be represented by a line half as long, if in the same direction. This point must be attended to. The second lamp-post will appear half the size of the others, no matter where it is situated, if it should be twice as far ; but we must…
Perspective · Drawing
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