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Concept

Proportion (Anthropometry)

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  • A profile of an old mentally disabled man, skulls of various races, skulls of a monkey and an orangutan, and a perfect, diagrammed human face; demonstrating the methods of physiognomy. Coloured engraving by H. Adlard, 1824.
  • Human proportions: two figures. Drawing, 18--.
  • Twelve human profiles in outline, sectioned to show their disproportion. Drawing, c. 1794, after A. Dürer.
  • Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Fifteen contours of foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.
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    Human proportions: two figures. Drawing, 18--.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 678501i
    Part of: Human anatomy. Album of watercolours and drawings, 18--.
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    Fifteen contours of foreheads. Drawing, c. 1789.

    | Date: 1789? | Reference: 29347i
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    Outlines and designs of foreheads, showing their wrinkles and contours. Drawing, c. 1794.

    | Date: 1794? | Reference: 30640i
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    Head of a female dwarf, aged sixteen. Drawing, c. 1793.

    | Date: 1793? | Reference: 30701i
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    Outline of a facial profile divided geometrically. Drawing, c. 1789.

    | Date: 1789? | Reference: 29341i
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