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 63
45 THE EYES OF POKTRAITS. a case. See also the remarks concerning a pave¬ ment, p. 65. Fig. 19. … It is frequently thought curious, and instanced as a proof of good drawing, that the eye of a por¬ trait should appear to follow an observer through the room. There is no test of good drawing in this fact. If the eye should happen to look at one in any position in a room it should do so in all.…
Perspective · Drawing
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