Brown ink and graphite on medium, slightly textured, beige laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 7 7/8 x 12 1/2 inches (20 x 31.8 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, lower right: "JWD. RA"; upper center: "My method of ascertaining the proportions of the figure" In brown ink, lower center: "In Men the shoulders are square | from the point - | [...] Eyes the breadth of face in Women [...] off [...] triangle then | Head on 8th face one 10th. foot one 6th - | [...]the heighth of [...] | french doors are [...] therefore more elegant"; lower right: "breadth of nose | that [...]"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.5742
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
inscriptions | anatomy | man | writing (processes) | anatomical study | proportion | child | measurement | woman