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23 images from works
  • Designs of ears and eyes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • A young, naked man with a wreathed head: back view. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Three forearms and one hand. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • 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.
  • A chipped statue of a torso. Engraving by J.D. Herz after himself, c. 1732.
  • Eight eyes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Designs showing the lower half of the face in various physiognomies and actions. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
  • Legs in various attitudes. Engraving after C. Le Brun.
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3 works

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    • Online

    The florist : containing sixty plates of the most beautiful flowers regularly dispos'd in their succession of blowing. To which is added an accurate description of their colours, with instructions for drawing & painting them according to nature : being a new work intended for the use & amusement of gentlemen and ladies delighting in that art.

    | Date: [1760?]
    • Pictures

    Animals, people, plants etc.: Japanese woodcuts. Album of prints, 18--.

    | Date: 1800-1899 | Reference: 727252i
    • Books

    The Cambridge note book for practical biology (zoology).

    | Date: 1919

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