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A Practical Treatise on Perspective, Adapted for the Study of Those Who Draw From Nature by which the Usual Errours May be Corrected

Author John Varley British
Publisher Fielding Lucas, Jr. American
ca. 1820
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  • Title: A Practical Treatise on Perspective, Adapted for the Study of Those Who Draw From Nature by which the Usual Errours May be Corrected
  • Author: John Varley (British, London 1778–1842 London)
  • Publisher: Fielding Lucas, Jr. (American, Fredericksburg, Virginia 1781–1854 Baltimore, Maryland)
  • Published in: Baltimore
  • Date: ca. 1820
  • Medium: Illustrations: engravings
  • Dimensions: 9 x 5 1/2 in. (22.9 x 14 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
  • Object Number: 54.524.28
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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