From what has been said in the previous article, it would appear that drawing of the human figure was nearly coeval with the art of statuary, or perhaps prior to it in Greece. As there is ample room to suppose the rude aboriginal inhabitants of Greece borrowed their art, as they did their religious and civil policy, from the Egyptians, and in fact from every nation where they discovered anything worthy their attention, so must we suppose they had also this art, in its infancy it is true, from the same people. Upon reflecting for a single moment, we are fully satisfied that the origin of the art now under contemplation came from Egypt. An ancient philosopher expressed himself with great truth, when he said, “Necessity was man’s first instructor.” We accordingly perceive the necessity of the earliest inhabitants of Egypt to exercise the art of drawing, they having determined to record their transactions by hieroglyphical representation. We have not the slightest doubt but we have now in the British Museum some of the earliest specimens of Egyptian hieroglyphical delineation, in the _sarcophagi_; from its inscription, it has been discovered that that identical monument cannot be less than three thousand five hundred and ninety-eight years old! Previous to this, we can have no doubt that the art of drawing must have existed. Like its sister art, sculpture, it received every improvement of which it was susceptible, from the mature conceptions and the delicate hand of Grecian artisans; words are, perhaps, inadequate to convey this art to a second person. Years of incessant labour, with an attention to principles established and found to correspond correctly with nature, are the only means to obtain a just knowledge of its principles, and to judge tastefully of its correct execution. However, in addition to the rules laid down in the preceding article, we add the following, which have been approved by Sir Joshua Reynolds, by no means a contemptible judge of the art:-- 1. That from the crown of the head to the forehead is the third part of a face. 2. The face begins at the root of the lowest hairs that grow on the forehead, and ends at the bottom of the chin. 3. The face is divided into three proportionate parts; the first contains the forehead or brow; the second, the nose; and the third, the mouth and chin. 4. From the chin to the pit between the collar-bones, is two lengths of a nose. 5. From the pit between the collar-bones to the bottom of the breast, one face. 6. From the bottom of the breast to the navel, one face. 7. From the navel to the genitories, one face. 8. From the genitories to the upper part of the knee, two faces. 9. The knee contains half a face. 10. From the lower part of the knee to the ancle, two faces. 11. From the ancle to the sole of the foot, half a face. 12. A man with his arms extended, is from his longest finger on each hand, as broad as he is long. 13. From one side of the breast to the other, two faces.