The Elements of Drawing; in three letters to beginners.
by RUSKIN, John
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About This Item
London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857. . First edition; 8vo (19 x 13.5 cm); numerous in-text illustrations, ownership inscriptions in pencil to front free endpaper recto, minor spotting; contemporary half green morocco, marbled boards, spine lettered in gilt, spine faded, mnor wear to extremities, very good; xxi, [1], 350pp.
The first edition of this classic introductory guide to drawing by the leading Victorian art critic and exponent of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, John Ruskin (1819-1900).
Ruskin's 'opposition to the mechanical methodology of the government schools led him to found his own school of drawing at Oxford when he began to lecture as the first Slade professor in 1870' (ODNB).
The first edition of this classic introductory guide to drawing by the leading Victorian art critic and exponent of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, John Ruskin (1819-1900).
Ruskin's 'opposition to the mechanical methodology of the government schools led him to found his own school of drawing at Oxford when he began to lecture as the first Slade professor in 1870' (ODNB).
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- Title
- The Elements of Drawing; in three letters to beginners.
- Author
- RUSKIN, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Smith, Elder, and Co., 1857.
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