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Bowles's youth's assistant in drawing; Containing many curious specimens on an easy and familiar plan, adapted to lead the pupil gradually from the first practice on parts of the human body, to the drawing of the whole academy figures. In fifty plates, enlarged and improved. By Sebastian le Clerc. To which are prefixed, proper instructions to youth, for their improvement and entertainment in this art.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: [1791?]- Books
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The artist's vade-mecum; being the whole art of drawing, taught in a new work, elegantly engraved on one hundred folio copper-plates; Containing Great Variety of Examples in every Branch of that noble Art; AS Parts of the Face, Heads, Hands, Feet, Academy, Antiques, And Groups of Figures, Beasts, Birds, Insects, Flowers, Fruit, Shells, Ornaments, Buildings, Landscapes, &c. &c. &c. Collected from the Works of the greatest Masters. To which is prefixed, an essay on drawing: With Introductory Rules for the Use of Learners: In Which The First Principles of that useful and noble Art are explained in such Manner that it may be attained in a short Time without a Master.
Date: MDCCLXXVI. [1776]- Books
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The draughtsman's assistant; or, drawing made easy. Wherein the principles of the art are laid down in a familiar manner, in ten lessons, Under the following Heads, viz. 1. Of the Features and Limbs. 2. Of Profiles and Ovals. 3. Of Whole Figures. 4. Of Drapery. 5. Of Light and Shade. 6. Of Landscapes. 7. Of Perspective. 8. Of Enlarging and Contracting. 9. Of the Imitation of Life. 10. Of History. Illustrated by a great variety of examples neatly engraved. With An Introductory Treatise on the Utility of the Art; and An Appendix, containing Observations on Design as well in regard to Theory as Practice. By the author of The artist's assistant.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: M.DCC.LXXII. [1772]- Books
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The compleat drawing-master: containing many curious specimens; as the several parts of the human body, Whole Figures, Landskips, Cattle, buildings, &c. Neatly engraved on copper-plates, after the Designs of the greatest Masters; Wherein the principles of drawing are laid down after a natural and easy manner: to which is prefix'd some general instructions, to form the Judgment of Young Beginners; by which that useful Art may be attained in a short Time without a Master.
Date: M.DCC.LXIII. [1763]- Books
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All draughtsmen's assistant; or, drawing made easy: wherein the principles of that art are rendered familiar: in ten instructive lessons. Comprised Under the Following Heads. 1. Features and Limbs. 2. Profiles and Ovals. 3. Whole Figures. 4. Drapery. 5. Light and Shade. 6. Landscapes. 7. Perspective. 8. Enlarging and Contracting. 9. Imitation of Life. 10. History. Explained by a great variety of examples from the most approved designs on copper-plates, neatly engraved: with a suitable introduction on the utility of this noble art. and Observations on Design, as well in regard to Theory as Practice. By the author of The artist's assistant.
Bowles, Carington, 1724-1793.Date: [1780?]