The Cabinet of the Arts, Being a New and Universal Drawing Book, Forming a Complete System of Drawing, Painting ... Etching, Engraving, Perspective, Projection, & Surveying ... Containing the Whole Theory and Practice of the Fine Arts in General ... Illustrated with upward of 60 elegant engravings

Author Written and published by Thomas Hodson British

Author Contributions by John Dougall British

Printer T. Ostell British

1804

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Title: The Cabinet of the Arts, Being a New and Universal Drawing Book, Forming a Complete System of Drawing, Painting ... Etching, Engraving, Perspective, Projection, & Surveying ... Containing the Whole Theory and Practice of the Fine Arts in General ... Illustrated with upward of 60 elegant engravings
Author: Written and published by Thomas Hodson (British, active early 19th century)
Author: Contributions by John Dougall (British, 1760–1822)
Printer: T. Ostell (British, early 19th century)
Date: 1804
Medium: Illustrations: etching and engraving
Dimensions: 11 × 9 3/4 in. (27.9 × 24.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Administrative Purchase Fund, 1957
Object Number: 57.587.13
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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