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Artists' models

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  • A young, naked man with a wreathed head: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.
  • A seated man attending a life class draws from the model; a nude male model is seated to the left. Pencil drawing.
  • An old woman, sitting in the nude. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • A young nude woman sitting: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
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    A medical consultation while a patient dies; a group of soldiers with a family; men in an artist's loft. Coloured lithograph c. 1840.

    | Date: [c. 1840] | Reference: 16496i
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    A naked bearded man steps forward, holding the handle of a spear in his right hand. Engraving by J.-P.-M. Soumy, 1854.

    Soumy, Joseph-Paul-Marius, 1831-1863. | Date: [1854] | Reference: 3087259i
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    The artist's model : its role in British art from Lely to Etty / Ilaria Bignamini & Martin Postle.

    Bignamini, Ilaria, 1952-2001. | Date: 1991
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    James Turner, a beggar and a painters model. Etching by Captain W. Baillie, 1774, after N. Hone.

    Hone, Nathaniel, 1718-1784. | Date: 1774 | Reference: 1923i
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    Pastimes: listening to a precocious chiild, creating a sculpture, a life class for women, and an artist's reminiscences of plein-air painting in Italy. Coloured lithograph after H. Monnnier, 1839.

    Monnier, Henry, 1799-1877. | Date: [1839] | Reference: 33131i
    Part of: Récréations
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