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Principles of beauty relative to the human head

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Catalog Data

Author:
Cozens, Alexander approximately 1717-1786  Search this
Bartolozzi, Francesco 1727-1815  Search this
Physical description:
15, 15 p., 17 [i.e. 19] leaves of plates : ill. ; 55 cm
Type:
Electronic resources
Date:
1778
Notes:
English and French, the French part with its own t.-p.: Principes de beauté, considerés rélativement à la tête humaine. Par Alexandre Cozens. À Londres, Imprimé par Jacques Dixwell, 1777.
Seventeen engraved plates with engraved tissue overlays.
Plates engraved by Francesco Bartolozzi.
Also available online.
Copy 1 (NPG) has armorial bookplate of the Countess of Harrington.
Copy 1 (NPG) lacks tissue overlays from plates 6 and 15.
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Topic:
Anatomy, Artistic  Search this
Head in art  Search this
Face in art  Search this
Facial expression  Search this
Call number:
NC770 .C88
NC770.C88
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_130012