Views of the reclining male figure Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Plate 312 from chapter 102

Plate 312 from chapter 102 of Gleanings of natural history

'Over The Way'

Figure 9 Aiptasia undata

St John the Baptist in Hoxton

The paper was read before the Royal Society on 27 May 1736

Views of the reclining male figure Size:XS: 20 x 15cm Plate 312 from chapter 102This 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