A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Teaching of Perspective in Drawing.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Mar., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 19th Dec., 1894-Accepted, 9th Feb., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Teaching of
Perspective in Drawing.
I, ROSA ROBERTS, of Rose Hill House, St. Clements, Ipswich, in the County
of Suffolk, Spinster, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to a new or improved device for facilitating the teaching
of perspective in drawing, and its use or employment will be found of advantage in
giving instruction in drawing from models, sketching, copying, enlarging, or
reducing pictures, wood carving, or other artistic work.
The invention consists essentially of a device formed in a suitable manner with
any desired number of open or transparent squares therein or thereupon, con-
veniently contained in a frame or framing, but a transparent surface of lined
squares with or without a fráme may be employed if desired.
The device may be constructed in the following simple and inexpensive manner :
A frame of wood or other suitable material is formed so as to enclose an open space.
This open space is crossed at one inch intervals by lines of wire or string which
divide the space surrounded by the frame into one inch squares, and to the framing
are attached moveable feet. As aforesaid the frame may be dispensed with and
the lined squares be made upon any suitable transparent surface or material
without departing from this invention.
Dated this 19th day of March 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Device for Facilitating the Teaching of
Perspective in Drawing.
I ROSA ROBERTS of Rose Hill House, St. Clements, Ipswich in the County
of Suffolk, Spinster do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to a new or improved device for facilitating the teaching
of perspective in drawing and its use or employment will be found of advantage in
giving instruction in drawing from models, sketching, copying, enlarging or
reducing pictures, wood carving or other artistic work. It will be found of great
use in art schools as a first step to drawing from objects, as by its aid the
perspective of models in any position, may be easily seen and understood and the
student's eye will become accustomed to spacing and he will be able in a much
shorter time to draw difficult groups than is the case at present.
The invention consists essentially of a device formed in any suitable manner with
any desired number of open or transparent squares therein or thereupon which is
placed between the draughtsman and the object to be drawn. The design is drawn
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upon lined paper (ruled in squares) and reference numbers and letters are placed
around the margin of the device to indicate and individualise the square or squares
through which the object to be sketched is viewed so that the student may
correspondingly delineate the model upon the squares of his paper or sketch book.
And in order that this my invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect. I will proceed to describe. same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
Fig. 1 represents a front elevational view of my improved device for facilitating
the teaching of perspective in drawing and Fig. 2 shews in perspective view its
adaption to a sketch book.
As aforesaid the invention consists essentially of a device formed with open or
transparent squares therein or thereupon. This device may conveniently be
contained in a frame.or framing but a transparent surface of lined square with or
without a frame may be employed if desired.
The device as shewn may be constructed in the following simple and inexpensive
manner: A frame a of wood or other suitable material is formed so as to enclose
an open space. This open space is crossed at say one inch intervals by lines of
wire or string which divide the space surrounded by the frame a into one inch
squares. The framing a may be adjustably mounted upon movable feet or legs c
as shewn in Fig. 1 or may be applied to and form part of a sketch book as shewn
in Fig. 2.
As aforesaid the frame a may if desired be dispensed with and the lined squares
be made upon any suitable transparent surface or material without departing from
this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
The new or improved device for facilitating the teaching of perspective in
drawing substantially as herein before described and shewn.
Dated this 19th day of December 1894.
HUGHES, ELI & HUGHES,
76, Chancery Lane, W.C., Agents for Applicant.