The Artist's Repository, Or, Encyclopedia of the Fine Arts (Band 1): The Human Figure (London, 1808)

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PRINCIP1ES OF PROPORTION,

PLATE III.

%. Draw a line—as A. B.

2. Draw by the eye, the line C. D. exactly double
the length of A. B.

3. Draw by the eye the line E. F. exactly three
times the length of A. B.

4. Draw by the eye G. H. exactly four times the
length of A. B.

5. Draw the line I. K.

6. Draw the line L. M ; exactly half the length
of I. K.

7. Draw by the eye N. O. exactly three times the
length of L. M. divide it into three parts; from the
middle of which project the line P. exactly the
length of L. M. and perpendicular to N. O.

8. Draw a circular line as Q. R.

Q. Draw by the eye, S, T, which divide into three
parts, each part the exact length of Q. R.

10. Draw by the eye V. W. which divide into four
parts, each part the exact length of Q. R.

] 1. Draw the line a. b. divide it in half at 1.

12, Draw by the eye the line c. d. divide it into
four parts, the external ones being only half the size
of the internal, as by the points 1. 1, 3.

13. Draw by the eye the line e. f. divide it into
five parts, the two external parts being equal to only
one internal part,

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