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  • Fakir belonging to a sect known for occasional nudity, Calcutta, West Bengal. Coloured etching by François Balthazar Solvyns, 1799.
  • A woman covers her nudity; but in vain, because her facial features, marked with numbered dots, allow us to interpret the hidden contours and shapes of her body (according a method attributed to Lavater). Coloured lithograph.
  • A half-naked nymph flying towards the heavens. Chromolithograph.
  • A naked lady covered in floral tattoos standing in an open landscape. Etching.
  • Body shapes, female
  • Body shapes, female
  • Body shapes, female
  • Body shapes, female, hands and feet
  • A nude woman and child with proportional markings, seen from the front. Etching by J. García Hidalgo, ca. 1691.
  • Body shapes, female, overlaid with writing