Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Westminster Hall and Whitehall

Westminster Hall and Whitehall

View of Dr Williams's Library in Redcross Street

Knight of the Garter in ceremonial costume

representing the Balkans

c1780-1811

Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Westminster Hall and WhitehallThis diagram illustrates the reclining anatomical proportions of the male figure; one is a side view, one from above and one a feet first foreshortened view. Plate 29 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Figure entiere du corps humain racourcie de front, veu par la plante des pieds, le ventre dessus. 35 I3' Original: engraving. 1663