Asset number
1613299660
Description
Volume of caricature studies of heads with sixty plates:
1. Title page
2. Etched lettering: 'Difference between Character & Carricatura / Carricatura is the burlesque of Character, or an exaggeration of nature, when not very pleasing its a manner of drawing that has & still is held in great esteem both by the Italiens & French, some of our Nobility & Gentry at this time do equal, if not excel any thing of the kind that ever has been done in any other country, tis the most diverting species of designing & will certainly keep those that practise it out of the hippo [i.e., hypochondria], or Vapours & that it may have such an effect on her friends is the wish of M[ar]y Darly'
3. Etched lettering: 'Rules for Drawing all sorts of Carricaturas./ Observe what sort of a line forms the Phiz or Carrick, you want to describe wither its straight lind, externaly circular, internaly circular, or Ogee'd, when you have found out the line, then take notice of the parts as to their situation… (See Merlin record for full description)
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