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Title(s)
A new and compendious treatise of anatomy and proportions of the human figure : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture : illustrated with copper-plates : designed principally for the information of such ladies as practise the above arts : and absolutely necessary to all students, who wish to acquire correctness in the outline of the human figure / by W.F. Wells.
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Published/Created
London : Printed for the author; and sold by Hookham and Carpenter, Bond Street, 1796.
[London] : Typis S. Gosnell, [1796] -
Physical Description
[4], 19, [1] page, [6] leaves of plates : illlustrations ; 28 cm
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC760 .W45 1796+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status
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Full Alma Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
English short title catalogue, T101921
Röhrl, B. History and bibliography of artistic anatomy, p. 467
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's original black quarter roan and ochre paper-covered boards.
Errata: [1] page at end. -
Subject Terms
Anatomy, Artistic -- Early works to 1800. | Drawing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Drawing -- Technique. | Figure drawing. | Human anatomy -- Early works to 1800. | Human figure in art. | Women -- Education -- Great Britain -- Early works to 1800.
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Form/Genre
Drawing books. | Handbooks and manuals. | Stipple engravings -- 1796.
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