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Creator:
Camper, Petrus, 1722–1789
Title(s):
The works of the late Professor Camper : on the connexion between the science of anatomy and the art of drawing, painting, statuary ... : in two books : containing a treatise on the natural difference of features in persons of different countries and periods of life, and on beauty as exhibited in ancient sculpture : with a new method of sketching heads, natural features, and portraits of individuals, with accuracy ... : illustrated with seventeen plates explanatory of the professor's leading principals / translated from the Dutch by T. Cogan ...
Published/Created:
London : Printed for C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1794.
Physical Description:
xxiii, [1], 175 p. [18] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 32 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC760 C2 1794+ Copy 1 Oversize
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC760 C2 1794+ Copy 2 Oversize
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Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates engraved by Thomas Kirk; portrait after Reinier Vinkeles.
British Art Center has 2 copies.
Subject Terms:
Anatomy, Artistic.
Dilly, C. -- Publisher.
Drawing -- Technique.
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1794.
Physiognomy -- Early works to 1800.
Stipple engraving -- Specimens -- 1794.
Contributors:
Cogan, T. (Thomas), 1736–1818.
Kirk, Thomas, 1765?-1797, engraver.
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The Line of Beauty : British Drawings and Watercolors of the Eighteenth Century (Yale Center for British Art, 2001-05-19 - 2001-08-05) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]


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