An Original Engraving From The ‘Nouvelle Methode Pour Apprendre a Dessiner Sans Maitre’. (A New Methode of Drawing Without a Master).
Heavy handmade paper with black and white design showing the mathematics behind drawing the correct proportions of a figure from sight.
French.
Size: 29 x 23 cms or 12 1/2 x 9 inches.
Date: 1740.
Condition: Very Good. The paper is slightly tanned at the edges. There are a few dark marks on the surface, a little damage to the surface and small hole to the left hand edge. Otherwise surprisingly fresh given its age.
