Weigall, Charles Harvey; Mason, Walter George [Ill.]: The Art Of Figure Drawing: Containing Practical Instructions For A Course Of Study In This Branch Of Art ; With Seventeen Illustrations, Drawn On Wood By The Author, And Engraved By Walter G. Mason (London, 1853 [ersch.1854])

PREFACE.

There have been many works published on Landscape
Painting containing the results of the experience of the
best masters in this delightful branch of Art, and many
also on Figure Drawing, but the latter for the most part
on too extensive a scale, and in too expensive a form, to be
generally available. A requirement, which has long been
felt, is now being supplied; and there is already published,
at a moderate price, a series of valuable Elementary Works
on Landscape Painting and Perspective, by Mr. Penley
and the Messrs. Rowbotham, which may be perused with
great advantage by the Artist as well as the Amateur.

The Author indulges the hope, that the following brief
work on Figure Drawing may be equally useful • and that,
although it is not to be expected that all which may be
required to make a figure draughtsman will be found in
its pages, sufficient information may be given to facilitate