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
S 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… … marvellous certainty. We are assisted to its de¬ termination by our two eyes, and the combination
Perspective · Drawing
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