Rowbotham, Thomas Leeson; Rowbotham, Thomas Charles Leeson [Ill.]; Dalziel, George [Ill.]: The Art Of Sketching From Nature (London, 1852)

THE VERTICAL LINE.

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because it is frequently more convenient to mark the
point E above, than it would be to place it below, the
horizontal line.

Upon the length of the vertical line E C, depends
the just and natural representation of objects. If it be
too short, they will appear unsatisfactory, and more or
less distorted.

The following example will illustrate the truth of this
statement. (Fig. 3.)

FIG. 3.

c

Ml

c Mo 2.

A block of wood or stone (Fig. 3) is to be represented at
different distances; it has a square base, and is seen m a

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