Whittock, Nathaniel: The Oxford Drawing Book, Or The Art Of Drawing, And The Theory And Practice Of Perspective: In A Series Of Letters Containing Progressive Information On Sketching, Drawing, And Colouring Landscape Scenery, Animals, And The Human Figure: With A New Method Of Practical Perspective: Detailed In A Novel, Easy, And Perspicuous Style, For The Use Of Teachers, Or For Self-Instruction. Embellished With Upwards Of One Hundred And Fifty Lithographic Drawings, From Real Views, Taken Expressly For This Work (Oxford , London, 1825)

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building. It is our business to depict all the broken lines with the variety of form
which time has given to this venerable pile. Having all the distances accurately
marked in the perspective lines, you must begin drawing from the first pinnacle, com-
mencing with the centre line, and working downwards. The crockets on the pinnacles
are so much worn that a sharp touch or two will sufficiently represent them, nor can
the work of the finial be clearly distinguished. Take care to keep the arch from the
pedestal of the pinnacle distinct. The same direction will apply to the other pinna-
cles. Having drawn them all, begin the battlements, which are what an architect
would call pierced. This tower is a fine specimen of the decorated style of architec-
ture, having a profusion of ornaments, which you must take care to mark properly.
You may now draw the buttresses, and afterwards the outline of the pointed windows .
if you have any difficulty in finding the centre of the arch, you must turn to
Plate XXYI.
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The divisions of the windows will at first sight appear difficult, but if you observe
the following directions, you will produce them with little trouble : the window is
divided by the lines which run horizontally into three parts; the lower division is
divided into three compartments, by upright lines called mullions, and they are ter-
minated by a trefoiled arch ; of course you will give the number of lines to shew the