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Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book, in Three Parts...Consisting Chiefly of Original Views of American Scenery and Embracing the Latest and Best Improvements in the Mode of Instruction

[1827]
Not on view
Part I: The Principles of drawing in Pencil; Part II: Colouring and Shading in India Ink; Part III: A Treatise on Perspective. Vignette aquatint vignette titles, colored and uncolored aquatint plates, showing how to develop a drawing from a sketch to a full finished image.

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  • Title: Lucas' Progressive Drawing Book, in Three Parts...Consisting Chiefly of Original Views of American Scenery and Embracing the Latest and Best Improvements in the Mode of Instruction
  • Publisher: Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1781–1854 Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Etcher: Part I: Spencer Wallace Cone (American, 1819–1888)
  • Etcher: Part II: John Hill (American (born England), London 1770–1850 Clarksville, New York)
  • Illustrator: Part II: E. Van Blon (American, active Baltimore, ca. 1827)
  • Printer: J. Grierson (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Printer: John D. Toy (Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Published in: Baltimore
  • Date: [1827]
  • Medium: Illustrations: aquatint, etching, and soft ground etching, with some hand-coloring
  • Dimensions: 10 1/8 x 15 in. (25.7 x 38.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 42.105.20
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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