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Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5262  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
Instructions for Drawing a House
Gift of the Richard Welling Family, 2012.284.5262 © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.

Instructions for Drawing a House

ArtistDrawn by Richard Welling American, 1926 - 2009
Date1965-2009
MediumDrawing; black ink on paper
DimensionsSheet (height x width): 13 5/8 x 10 1/4in. (34.6 x 26cm)
ClassificationsGraphics
Credit LineGift of the Richard Welling Family
DescriptionDrawing of the same house from four different perspectives, with written instructions for how to draw it, and arrows next to the sketches indicating the correct positioning of the perspective lines.
Object number2012.284.5262
InscribedOn the recto, there are ten bullet points at the bottom that lay out how to draw a building. On the main drawing, there are arrows and short written instructions for the directions of the lines used to indicate perspective.
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