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Diagrams of the human body, proportional figures, écorchés etc., for use by artists. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1851.
- Langevin.
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- [1851]
- Reference
- 572169i
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Credit: Diagrams of the human body, proportional figures, écorchés etc., for use by artists. Coloured engraving by Langevin, 1851. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark
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Description
includes principles of geometry, proportions of the face and body, and coloured figures of the skeleton and musculature
Publication/Creation
Paris (Rue de Seine, 33) : Maison Basset, [1851]
Physical description
1 print : line engraving, with watercolour ; sheet 54.7 x 71.3 cm
Contributors
Lettering
Tableau des proportions du corps humain à l'usage des artists ; Proportions du corps humain ... principes de géométrie ... Structure osseuse du pied. Gravé sur acier par Langevin.
References note
Bibliographie de la France, 24 mai 1851, no. 348 ("Tableau des proportions du corps humain, à l'usage des artistes en taille-douce. A Paris, chez Basset")--Image of France database no. 46033
Lettering note
Includes extensive explanatory lettering, beneath the images
Reference
Wellcome Library no. 572169i
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Languages
- French
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