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LECT. IV,]
history of art.
77
LECTURE IV,
ON THE MATERIALS FOR DESIGN, AND ON
PRACTICE.
Ladies and Gentlemen.,
It is true that genius and inclination for a parti-
cular study, may, by labour and assiduity, surmount
many difficulties; yet to remove impediments from
the path of science, is a grateful task, and genius
will feel and acknowledge the obligation ; for those
who are most capable of profiting by instruction,
are usually most sensible of its value.
The Arts dependent on design embrace a great
variety of subjects, and require an equal variety of
precepts; not to perplex our attention by embracing
too many at once, I propose to treat them sepa-
rately.
The Art of Drawing, as the foundation of all
others, claims our first attention. The acknowledged
utility of this elegant and ornamental art, greatly en-
hances its value : not confined to painters, engravers,
embroiderers, &c. professions whose employments
evidently
history of art.
77
LECTURE IV,
ON THE MATERIALS FOR DESIGN, AND ON
PRACTICE.
Ladies and Gentlemen.,
It is true that genius and inclination for a parti-
cular study, may, by labour and assiduity, surmount
many difficulties; yet to remove impediments from
the path of science, is a grateful task, and genius
will feel and acknowledge the obligation ; for those
who are most capable of profiting by instruction,
are usually most sensible of its value.
The Arts dependent on design embrace a great
variety of subjects, and require an equal variety of
precepts; not to perplex our attention by embracing
too many at once, I propose to treat them sepa-
rately.
The Art of Drawing, as the foundation of all
others, claims our first attention. The acknowledged
utility of this elegant and ornamental art, greatly en-
hances its value : not confined to painters, engravers,
embroiderers, &c. professions whose employments
evidently