Yale Center for British Art

Title:: Petty's standard drawing book.
Published / Created:: Leeds : J.W. Bean & Son, [approximately 1891]
Physical Description:: 13 volumes : illustrations ; 22 cm
Holdings:: Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC670 .P48 1891 Box
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
Copyright Status:: Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:: Books
Notes:: Cover title.
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original blue paper wrappers. British Art Center copy imperfect: St. VI. No. 9 only: Standard 6. Freehand. 24 pages of outline drawings, a few colored in. Publisher's advertisements on back cover.
Contents:: No. 0. Infant's drawing book -- St. I. & II., no. 1. Lines, angles, parallels and simple right-lined forms. Freehand and with the ruler -- St. III., no. 2-3. Simple geometrical figures to be drawn freehand and with the ruler. Freehand drawing -- St. IV., no. 4-5. Freehand drawing. Simple scales and drawing to scale -- St. V., no. 6-7. Geometrical figures with instruments and to scale. Freehand drawing -- St. VI., no. 8-10. Plans and elevations. Freehand drawing. Plans and elevations with sections -- St. VII., no. 9, 11-12. Freehand drawing. Geometrical drawing (advanced). Plans and elevations of rectangular and circular solids, with sections.
Subject Terms:: Drawing books. | Copybooks. | Copybooks. | Drawing books. | J.W. Bean & Son -- Publisher.
Form/Genre:: Drawing books. | Publisher's advertisements.