# The American Drawing Book: Manual for the Amateur, Basis of Study for the Professional Artist

- By: John Gadsby Chapman (American, Alexandria, Virginia 1808–1889 New York)
- By: Asher Brown Durand
- By: W. J. Widdleton
- Date: 1864
- Medium: illustrations: wood engraving
- Classification: Books
- 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)
- Culture: American
- Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
- Museum: [The Metropolitan Museum of Art](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/339888)
- Rights: [Public domain (Open Access, CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/met/CRDImages/dp/web-large/DP102040.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)