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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those who wish to judge of the beauty and use of a horse, that No. 4. is the quarter
of a horse, well-formed, strong, and handsome; well marked with muscle and bone,
and not over-burdened with flesh.
Plate XXXVIII.—The subject is continued. No. 1. is the body of a horse put in
stronger shade ; No. 2. the front view of the breast of a fine horse. You must pro-
ceed with the outline as directed before, taking care to make points, that both sides
may be equal. No. 3. the neck and shoulders of a horse remarkable for its beauty.
No. 4. legs and feet in various directions, which you must be careful in copying cor-
rectly, as no part of any animal is so difficult to manage, when you come to draw the
whole figure, as the legs and feet.
Plate XXXIX* is copied from a spirited drawing of a horse’s head, by a very emi-
nent French artist, Carlo Vernet.
I have not divided the horse’s head into parts in this instance, because it would
have spoiled the spirit and beauty of the picture, but you can measure the distance
of one feature from another, by marking it with points. I shall close this introduc-
tion to the drawing of horses, with an extract from a beautiful French work, entitled.