Title: The American Drawing Book: Manual for the Amateur, Basis of Study for the Professional Artist
Object type: Book
Date: 1864
Artist:  John Gadsby Chapman 
Artist bio: American, Alexandria, Virginia 1808–1889 New York
Artist nationality: American
Artist role: Author
Medium: illustrations: wood engraving
Dimensions: book: 12 1/16 x 9 5/8 x 1 7/16 in. (30.7 x 24.4 x 3.6 cm)
sheet: 11 11/16 x 8 7/8 in. (29.7 x 22.5 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
Department: Drawings and Prints
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY