Title continues: "or the Art of Drawing, and the Theory and Practice of Perspective in a Series of Letters Containing Progressive Information on Sketching, Drawing, and Colouring Landscape Scenery, Animals, and the Human Figure with a New Method of Practical Perspective Detailed in a Novel, Easy, and Perspicuous Style for the Use of Teachers, or for Self-Instruction." Features lithographs by John Collins of Philadelphia. Printed in New York by William E. Dean. The book is a drawing instruction book for families and most likely used by a Victorian-era mother or governess in order to teach drawing to children. This book features some penciled images as well as several scribbles on blank pages that were most likely produced by children during study.
