"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign i...
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
An album of amateur drawings, with scenes in Kent, East Sussex, Hertfordshire and Surrey. The artist, only identified with the initials 'S.G.L.', provides titles and dates for the majority of the drawings. The first group (thirteen in all) dated 1828 ...
Alternative Title:
Bletchingley S.G.L. 1828-1829
Description:
In English.
Subject (Geographic):
Bletchingley (England), East Sussex (England), Kent (England), Hertfordshire (England), Surrey (England), England, Surrey., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Country lif, Bridges, Castles & palaces, Fishing, City & town life, and Villages
"Grinning yokels, burlesqued, wheel (right to left) three wheelbarrows; one (right) contains a very fat parson with a gouty leg and grog-blossom nose, who lies on his back, registering impotent rage. Next is a very thin apothecary, holding his gold-he...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 15th, 1819, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
"A pretty and coquettishly dressed milkmaid stands full-face, her pails hung from a wooden yoke across her shoulders. Her expression and pose suggest that she is about to receive favourably the overtures of an elderly beau who stands ogling behind her...
Alternative Title:
Printems et l'hiver and Printemps et l'hiver
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Pails, Villages, Seduction, Yokes, and Allegorical prints
"A girl standing in the middle of a circle of spectators in a village, wearing a veil and with her arms outstretched as if partaking in a game, the group including a figure in kilt in the left foreground and a shepherd behind, a church(?) tower visibl...
Alternative Title:
Kate of Aberdeen and Scene in the Scottish Highlands
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 4, 1782, by T. Macklin, No. 30 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Villages, Country life, Celebrations, and Shepherds
