In 'An Accompaniment' to the Drawing-Book Sheraton spends some time in the consideration of figure-drawing, taking, curiously enough, not the proportions of any great master, but those of Cipriani as the basis of his conclusions. If the book loses in present respect on account of the exemplar chosen, it very likely gained in practical attractiveness and popularity at the time, for Cipriani's are figures which largely shared the patronage of the cabinetmakers.

We may conclude with a sound and unaffected piece of advice upon composition. 'Observe breadth,' says the great furniture artist, 'in the parts; shun niggling and meanness, and stick at nothing that will have a comely and pleasant appearance.' The general impression created by these books of Sheraton is that as a writer he was sometimes loose in style and occasionally ungrammatical, but that this was due to haste and not to ignorance. He is unquestionably verbose, but has something to say, with a wider outlook upon art than any of his rivals.