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Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a building
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NOTES: William Halfpenny. Perspective made easy (London, 1754), pl. 11
Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a round table and chairs
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NOTES: William Halfpenny. Perspective made easy (London, 1754), pl. 13
Illustration explaining how to draw a spiral staircase
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SOURCE: Guarino Guarini. Architettura civile (Turin, 1737), plates vol., pl. 26
Examples of perspective delineation
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SOURCE: James Malton. The young painter's maulstick (London, 1800), pl. XII
Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of an L-shaped building with a tower
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SOURCE: James Malton. The young painter's maulstick (London, 1800), pl. 16
Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a round building
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SOURCE: James Malton. The young painter's maulstick (London, 1800), pl. XX
Illustration explaining how to draw the perspective of a Doric entablature with an internal and an external angle
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SOURCE: Thomas Malton. A compleat treatise on perspective, in theory and practice (London, 1779), pl. XVIII
Illustration explaining how to draw the flutes of a Doric column
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SOURCE: Edward Oakley. The magazine of architecture, perspective, & sculpture (London, 1730), pl. IX
Illustration explaining of the basic elements of perspective
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SOURCE: Andrea Pozzo. Perspectiva pictorum et architectorum (Augsburg, 1708-1711), part 1, fig. 1
Two artists using a perspective instrument to draw a statue
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SOURCE: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. Le Due regole della prospettiva pratica (Rome, 1583), fig. [86], p. 60
Figure of a man viewing a vertical plane, and another face viewing the same point, with various sight lines marked
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SOURCE: Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola. Le Due regole della prospettiva pratica (Rome, 1583), fig. [125], p. 105
The revolving Temple of Concord erected in Green Park, London
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SOURCE: Richard Brown. Principles of practical perspective (London, 1835), Part 1, frontispiece A [pl. 25] NOTES: The edifice was erected for a firework display during a grand fete for the Allied Sovereigns visiting London for the peace celebrations of 1814.