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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
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