The American drawing-book : a manual for the amateur, and basis of study for the professional artist : especially adapted to the use of public and private schools, as well as home instruction . Suppose, for example, we desire to represent a squareblock, with a smooth, even surface: the greater degreeof evenness and regularity that we can preserve in thelines, the nearer we will approach its faithful resem-blance ; and if, on the other hand, its surface be broken,or uneven, we must have recourse to lines, by whichthat character can be most readily

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Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1840, booksubjectdrawing, bookyear1847