Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Wood, John George, 1768-1838
Title:
Footsteps to drawing, according to the rules of perspective : explained in familiar dialogues, for the use of children and young persons, and illustrated by a series of progressive lessons in twenty plates of examples, calculated to combine a knowledge of perspective with the practice of drawing, and to lead the beginner imperceptibly to an acquaintance with the principal rules of that useful art. / by John George Wood, F.S.A., lecturer on perspective, &c.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for, and sold by the author, No. 7, Beaumont Street, Mary-Le-Bone; Longman and Co. Paternoster Row; Wood, 428, Strand; Carpenter and Son, Old Bond Street; and by J. Booth, Duke Street, Portland Place, 1816.
Physical Description:
[4], 12 p., 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 24 x 30 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Printed by B.R. Howlett, 10, Frith St., Soho.
Subject Terms:
Perspective. | Drawing -- Technique. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Wood, John George, 1768–1838 -- Publisher. | Longman and Co. -- Publisher. | Wood -- Publisher. | Carpenter and Son -- Publisher. | Booth, J. -- Publisher. | Howlett, B. R. -- Printer. | Upton, Eliza Mary -- Autograph. (BACRB Copy 2)
Form/Genre:
Drawing books. | Soft-ground etchings -- 1816.
Contributors:
Wood, John George, 1768–1838, engraver.