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Fragments of oriental literature, with an outline of a painting on a curious china vase is a public domain book, originally published in 1747. The complete text is available to…
A treatise on portrait painting from life : also, instructions for painting upon photographs and painting from photographs Author: Haynes, F. Jay (Frank Jay), 1853-1921 Year…
Instructions for the mixture of water-colours : adapted to Harding's and other styles of miniature painting, also to landscape, flower, and fruit painting : with the elements of…
Builders' architectural drawing self-taught [microform] : containing descriptions of drawing instruments and accessories, with rules for using them, and hints as to their care…
The Prang course in drawing for graded schools Author: Clark, John Spencer, 1835-1920 Year: 1897 v. 17 x 25-20 x 29 cm View on Archive.org
Senior course in mechanical drawing Author: Thorne, William H[enry], 1847- [from old catalog] Year: 1897 105 p. 14 x 18 cm View on Archive.org
Graphics; or, The art of calculation by drawing lines, applied especially to mechanical engineering, with an atlas of diagrams Author: Smith, Robert H. (Robert Henry) Year: 1889…
The Art of Painting in Oil and in Fresco: Being a History of the Various Processes and Materials ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1839. The complete text is…
A Series of Easy Lessons in Landscape Drawing: Contained in Forty Plates ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1820. The complete text is available to read…
The art of fresco painting, as practised by the old Italian and Spanish masters, with a preliminary inquiry into the nature of the colours used in fresco painting, with…
foundations retaining walls, culverts, tunnels, dams: introduction to construction drawing
A text book of geometrical drawing : abridged from the octavo edition : for the use of schools in which the definitions and rules of geometry are familiarly explained, the…
A guide to figure painting in water-colours : with illustrations and brushwork Author: Whiteford, S. T Year: 1880 Includes bibliography View on Archive.org
Guide to the exhibition of Chinese and Japanese paintings in the Print and Drawing gallery Author: British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings Year: 1888 26 View on Archive.org
Teacher's guide: companion to Bartholomew's Drawing-book no. 1 is a public domain book, originally published in 1870. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
The guide to miniature painting and colouring photographs : with a few words on portrait painting in water colours Author: Templeton, J. S Year: 1856 Includes 31 p. of…
Landscape painting from nature in Australia : a manual for the student in oil and water colours Author: Daplyn, A. J Year: 1902 67 p. : 18 cm View on Archive.org
A manual of drawing is a public domain book, originally published in 1902. The complete text is available to read online. Topics associated with this work include Manual, Drawing.
The practice of mechanical drawing for self-instruction Author: Welch, Williams. [from old catalog] Year: 1895 17, [5]-13 p. 23 cm View on Archive.org
Elementary projection drawing. Theory and practice. For preparatory and higher scientific schools, industrial and normal classes; and the self-instruction of teachers…
Elementary instruction in the art of illumination and missal painting on vellum is a public domain book, originally published in 1863. The complete text is available to read…
The Drawing Guide: A Manual of Instruction in Industrial Drawing, Designed to Accompany the ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1877. The complete text is…
A Manual of Elementary Projection Drawing, Involving Three Dimensions: Designed for Use in High ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1872. The complete text is…
Catalogue of an exhibition of Florentine painting before 1500 Author: Burlington Fine Arts Club, London Year: 1920 26 View on Archive.org
Catalogue & price list of Eugene Dietzgen Co. : manufacturers & importers of drawing materials & surveying instruments Author: Eugene Dietzgen Co Year: 1907 1 View on Archive.org
Panama Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, 1915 : fine arts, French section : catalogue of works in painting, drawings, sculpture, medals-engravings and lithographs…
Practical House, Wagon and Automobile Painter Including Sign Painting, And Valuable Hints and Recipes Author: Shrewesbury Publishing Co. Year: 1918 168 p; ill.; 19 cm; trade…
The games of drawing room hockey, tether ball, hand tennis, garden hockey, volley ball, basket goal, lawn hockey, wicket polo, hand polo, golf croquet, clock golf, laws of…
The graphic arts of Great Britain; drawing, line-engraving, etching, mezzotint, aquatint, lithography, woodengraving, colour-pri is a public domain book, originally published in…
Annotated Bibliography of Fine Art: Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Arts of Decoration and ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1897. The complete text is…
Letters to a Painter on the Theory and Practice of Painting is a public domain book, originally published in 1907. The complete text is available to read online. Topics…
Industrial Drawing: Comprising the Description and Uses of Drawing Instruments, the Construction ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1905. The complete text is…
Shades and shadows, with applications to architectural details, and exercises in drawing them with the brush and pen .. is a public domain book, originally published in 1832.…
Indian sculpture and painting, illustrated by typical masterpieces, with an explanation of their motives and ideals is a public domain book, originally published in 1861. The…
Practical hints on light and shade in painting: Illustrated by Examples from the Italian ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1880. The complete text is…
A text book of geometrical drawing, abridged from the octavo edition, for the use of schools ... is a public domain book, originally published in 1805. The complete text is…
Lockwood's dictionary of terms used in the practice of mechanical engineering : embracing those current in the drawing office, p is a public domain book, originally published in…