A Practical Treatise on Perspective, Adapted for the Study of Those Who Draw From Nature by which the Usual Errours May be Corrected

Author John Varley British

Publisher Fielding Lucas, Jr. American

ca. 1820

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Title: A Practical Treatise on Perspective, Adapted for the Study of Those Who Draw From Nature by which the Usual Errours May be Corrected
Author: John Varley (British, London 1778–1842 London)
Publisher: Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1781–1854 Baltimore, Maryland)
Published in: Baltimore
Date: ca. 1820
Medium: Illustrations: engravings
Dimensions: 9 x 5 1/2 in. (22.9 x 14 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
Object Number: 54.524.28
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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