An oval cartouche containing a dedication to Dr Richard Mead. Engraving by G. Vandergucht, 17--.

[London] (Snow Hill) : W. Turner, 1 August 1781.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 23.8 x 16.2 cm

A book of figures drawn from the life by L. Cheron. Engrav'd by G. Vander Gucht being very proper for young persons to draw after that study, painting & sculpture. Viro clarissimo Richardo Mead M.D. omnium arti cultori et fautori hasce tabulas a vivis corporibus ab L. Cheron in academia depictas nunc aere incisas summa cum observantia dat, dicat, consecratq(ue) Ger. Vander Gucht.

"Chéron was also an important drawing teacher, first at the private school established in 1711 by Sir Godfrey Kneller at his house on Great Queen Street and then-when Kneller's academy split into two groups in 1718-at the St Martin's Lane Academy, of which, together with John Vanderbank, he was a founder. At this later academy particular emphasis was placed on life drawing, a female model being introduced for the first time in 1722."--Oxford dictionary of national biography

Wellcome Collection 571654i