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    • Author/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.

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      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
        Request for use in the YCBA Study Room

      • Call Number: NC750 .W67 1816+ Copy 1 Oversize
      • Status:Not Checked Out
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
      • Location:BRITISH ART CENTER, Rare Bks & Mss (Non-Circulating)
        Request for use in the YCBA Study Room

      • Call Number: NC750 .W66 1816+ Copy 2 Oversize
      • Status:Not Checked Out
      • Provenance:Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
       
    • Local Notes:BAC: British Art Center has two copies. Copy 1 in blue paper wrappers. Label on front cover, in ms.: Familiar rules for perspective drawing by John George Wood. Copy 2 in brown printed paper wrappers. Price One Guinea at bottom of upper wrapper. Inscribed: Eliza Mary Upton, Sept. 30th, 1820.
    • Notes:Printed by B.R. Howlett, 10, Frith St., Soho.
    • Format:Book
    • Subjects:Perspective.
      Drawing--Technique.
      Drawing--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
    • Subjects (Local Yale):Chron.--1816.
      Wood, John George, 1768-1838--Publisher.
      Booth, J.--Publisher.
      Howlett, B. R.--Printer.
      Upton, Eliza Mary--Autograph. (BACRB Copy 2)
      Longman and Co.--Publisher.
      Wood--Publisher.
      Carpenter and Son--Publisher.
    • Genre/Form:Drawing books.
      Soft-ground etchings--1816.
    • Also listed under:Wood, John George, 1768-1838, engraver.
    Link to this page: https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3594716