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Graphics: Or, The Art of Calculation by Drawing Lines, Applied Especially to Mechanical ...

Graphics: Or, The Art of Calculation by Drawing Lines, Applied Especially to Mechanical ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1889. The complete text is available…

Science and art drawing : complete geometrical course ; consisting of plane and solid geometry, orthographic and isometric projection, projection of shadow's the principles of map projection, graphic arithmetic and graphic statics

Science and art drawing : complete geometrical course ; consisting of plane and solid geometry, orthographic and isometric projection, projection of shadow's the principles of…

Art of letter painting made easy

Art of letter painting made easy Author: Badenoch, James Greig Year: 1888 58 p View on Archive.org

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts : including painting, interior decoration, tapestries, carpets, mosaics, coloured glazing, paper-staining, calico-printing, letterpress printing, map-colouring…

The principles of harmony and contrast of colours, and their applications to the arts : including painting, interior decoration, tapestries, carpets, mosaics, coloured glazing…

Landscape painting in oil colours, explained in letters on the theory and practice of the art, : and illustrated by examples from the several schools.

Landscape painting in oil colours, explained in letters on the theory and practice of the art, : and illustrated by examples from the several schools. Author: Burnet, John…

A general dictionary of painters; containing memoirs of the lives and work of the most eminent professors of the art of painting, from its revival, by Cimabue, in the year 1250, to the present time

A general dictionary of painters; containing memoirs of the lives and work of the most eminent professors of the art of painting, from its revival, by Cimabue, in the year 1250…

Lessons in flower painting : a series of easy and progressive studies, drawn and coloured after nature : complete in six parts

Lessons in flower painting : a series of easy and progressive studies, drawn and coloured after nature : complete in six parts Author: Andrews, James, 1806-1876, artist Year…

Machine Construction and Drawing: Being an Introduction to the Study of ...

Machine Construction and Drawing: Being an Introduction to the Study of ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1873. The complete text is available to read online.…

An introduction to linear drawing

An introduction to linear drawing Author: Francœur, L.-B. (Louis-Benjamin), 1773-1849 Year: 1828 Errata on p. [87] View on Archive.org

Teacher's guide : companion to Bartholomew's Drawing-book No.2-4

Teacher's guide : companion to Bartholomew's Drawing-book No.2-4 is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…

Free-hand drawing : a guide to ornamental, figure, and landscape drawing

Free-hand drawing : a guide to ornamental, figure, and landscape drawing Author: Art student Year: 1868 85 p., 8 leaves of plates : 17 cm View on Archive.org

Lessons On Form A Manual Of Free Hand Drawing

Lessons On Form A Manual Of Free Hand Drawing Author: August Blunck Year: 1918 Ornamental drawing techniques and designs View on Archive.org

Student's manual of fashion drawing; thirty lessons with conventional charts

Student's manual of fashion drawing; thirty lessons with conventional charts Author: Young, Edith Year: 1919 2 p. \U+fffd\., iii-vii, 107 p. incl. illus., plates. 28 cm View on…

Teacher's manual for Prang's new graded course in drawing for Canadian schools [microform]

Cover title: Prang's new graded course in drawing for Canadian schools : teacher's manual

Western Drawing And Manual Training Association Twenty-First Annual Report

Western Drawing And Manual Training Association Twenty-First Annual Report Year: 1914 View on Archive.org

Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing: a manual for teachers and student

Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing: a manual for teachers and student

Great Lights in Sculpture and Painting: A Manual for Young Students

Great Lights in Sculpture and Painting: A Manual for Young Students is a public domain book, originally published in 1880. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…

A course in mechanical drawing for evening schools and self-instruction

A course in mechanical drawing for evening schools and self-instruction is a public domain book, originally published in 1896. The complete text is available to read online.…

Instruction paper. Geometrical drawing

Instruction paper. Geometrical drawing Author: United correspondence schools, New York. [from old catalog] Year: 1898 1 v View on Archive.org

Free-hand drawing; a manual for teachers and students

Free-hand drawing; a manual for teachers and students Author: Cross, Anson Kent, 1862- Year: 1896 1 View on Archive.org

Architects' manual of painting and decoration

Architects' manual of painting and decoration Author: Heath & Milligan mfg. co., Chicago. [from old catalog] Year: 1891 p. cm View on Archive.org

The grammar of photo-engraving : containing instruction in drawing, chemistry and optics, as applied to photo-engraving, and a practical treatise on the art of half-tone, zinc etching, swelled gelatine, lithotype and chalk plate engraving, as practiced…

The grammar of photo-engraving : containing instruction in drawing, chemistry and optics, as applied to photo-engraving, and a practical treatise on the art of half-tone, zinc…

Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing; a manual for teachers and students

Light and shade with chapters on charcoal, pencil, and brush drawing; a manual for teachers and students is a public domain book, originally published in 1862. The complete text…

Manual of Topography, and Text-book of Topographical Drawing: For the Use of ...

Manual of Topography, and Text-book of Topographical Drawing: For the Use of ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read…

Drawing in public schools : the system of instruction

Drawing in public schools : the system of instruction Author: Smith, Walter, 1836-1886 Year: 1874 35 p. ; 21 cm View on Archive.org

A manual of the first principles of drawing, with the rudiments of perspective

A manual of the first principles of drawing, with the rudiments of perspective is a public domain book, originally published in 1853. The complete text is available to read…

The American Drawing-book: A Manual for the Amateur, and Basis of Study for ...

The American Drawing-book: A Manual for the Amateur, and Basis of Study for ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1847. The complete text is available to read…

Topographical drawing and sketching : including applications of photography

Topographical drawing and sketching : including applications of photography Author: Reed, Henry A. (Henry Albert), 1844-1930 author Year: 1888 Vol. II has been published…

Notes for mechanical drawing; arranged for the use of the students of the Mechanic arts high school and the Evening school of trades

Notes for mechanical drawing; arranged for the use of the students of the Mechanic arts high school and the Evening school of trades Author: Mathewson, Frank E. (Frank Elliott)…

Practical hints on colour in painting

Practical hints on colour in painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1880. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work…

Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice

Drawing & engraving : a brief exposition of technical principles & practice Author: Hamerton, Philip Gilbert, 1834-1894 Year: 1892 Originally published in the Encyclopædia…

Lectures on Painting, Lecture III

"Lectures on Painting, Lecture III" is an article from The Crayon, Volume 1 . View more articles from The Crayon . View this article on JSTOR . View this article's JSTOR…

The classic point of view : six lectures on painting delivered on the Scammon foundation at the Art institute of Chicago in the year 1911

The classic point of view : six lectures on painting delivered on the Scammon foundation at the Art institute of Chicago in the year 1911 Author: Cox, Kenyon, 1856-1919 Year…

Rambles of an archaeologist among old books and in old places: being papers on art, in relation to archaeology, painting, art-decoration, and art-manufacture

Rambles of an archaeologist among old books and in old places: being papers on art, in relation to archaeology, painting, art-decoration, and art-manufacture Author: Fairholt…

A system of water-colour painting : being a complete exposition of the present advanced state of the art, as exhibited in the works of the modern water colour school

A system of water-colour painting : being a complete exposition of the present advanced state of the art, as exhibited in the works of the modern water colour school Author…

Self-instructor : the child's first drawing book, containing all the pictures on Andrews' noiseless drawing slates for schools and families.

Self-instructor : the child's first drawing book, containing all the pictures on Andrews' noiseless drawing slates for schools and families.

Aphorisms on drawing

Aphorisms on drawing Author: Malan, Solomon Caesar, 1812-1894 Year: 1856 58 p. ; 21 cm View on Archive.org

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