Smith, Thomas [Hrsg.]: The Art Of Drawing In Its Various Branches: Exemplified In A Course Of Twenty-Eight progressive Lessons, Calculated To Afford Those Who Are Unacquainted With The Art, The Means Of Acquiring A Competent Knowledge Without The Aid Of A Master ; Being The Only Work Of The Kind In Which The Principles Of Effect Are Explained In A Clear, Methodical, And At The Same Time Familiar Style. Illustrated With Coloured Designs And Numerous Wood Engravings (London, 1827)

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distance c m equal to the height of the peak above the
square of the house end ; draw the line m D, and then
continue the line a d till it touch the line m D in the
point h, from which draw the line h C, which will give
the apparent height of the gable end.

To find the width of the house side and of the win-
dows, proceed in the same manner as in the house end,
first drawing the line z o, and then marking off the

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different distances p, q, r, s, t of the windows, fyc. The
rule for finding the other gable end is to suppose the
house transparent, and then to proceed as directed
above.

By a careful attention to the foregoing problems, the
student will obtain a sufficient knowledge of perspective
to carry him forward till he acquire by practice that
intuitive kind of acquaintance with its rules which every
artist (even those who have never learnt perspective) pos-
sesses.

LESSON IX.

Of the different Kind of Drawing.

Drawing is the art of representing any object, either
natural or artificial, on a plane surface, by the means
of lines and colours; and the truer those objects are
represented in regard to form, shade, and colour, or in