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The Young Artist's Companion: Containing Plain and Easy Directions for the Acquirement of the Art of Drawing, Calculated to Enable Youth, with a Little Attention and Practice, to become Proficient in this Very Useful and Ornamental Accomplishment : to which are Added General Rules of Perspective

Author Joseph Barnes British
Publisher John Roach American
1820
Not on view
American edition of work first published in England, with three editions by 1815. 55 pages. Binding of decorated paper over boards, with black leather spine.

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  • Title: The Young Artist's Companion: Containing Plain and Easy Directions for the Acquirement of the Art of Drawing, Calculated to Enable Youth, with a Little Attention and Practice, to become Proficient in this Very Useful and Ornamental Accomplishment : to which are Added General Rules of Perspective
  • Author: Joseph Barnes (British, active 1815–20)
  • Publisher: John Roach (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Published in: Baltimore
  • Date: 1820
  • Medium: Text only, no illustrations
  • Dimensions: 6 1/4 x 4 in. (15.9 x 10.2 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.524.42
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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