- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 75K(b) Box 115
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Etched above image: "Frontispiece."
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [February 1754]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 754.02.00.04.2 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Description:
- Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., State with "Frontispiece" burnished from above image., and Mounted to sheet 255 x 205 mm, with single red line border.
- Publisher:
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Subject (Name):
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- Perspective, Art, Boats, Carts & wagons, Churches, Cows, Fishing, Sheep, Signs (Notices), Swans, Taverns (Inns), and Villages
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]