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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reliefs, shewing the golden candlestick and other implements taken from the temple,
and carried in procession to grace the triumph of Titus.
Should you wish to become an adept in architectural drawing, it will be necessary
to study some good work on the five orders. Mr. Nicholson has written on the sub-
ject with great mathematical precision *
Plate LXXXIX. is a view of the Castle and City of Edinburgh ; this is one of the
best and most difficult landscapes you will have to copy. You must be careful to
keep the distance very light, and let the mountains, &c. mix with the sky: the build-
ing in the foreground must be very distinct.
Plate XC. is a snow scene: this is more difficult to execute in chalk or pencil,
than in colour; but I deemed it proper to send you one specimen, that you may be
prepared for this sort of subject. All you have to attend to is a careful preservation
of the light on the branches of the trees and on the buildings, as they cannot be taken

* See Nicholson’s Student’s Instructor in Drawing and Working the Five Orders of Architecture.