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Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes [electronic resource] : accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and Liberal Hints Cordially Intended for their Advantage. To which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principle recommended in the essay by George Cumberland.

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Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes [electronic resource] : accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and Liberal Hints Cordially Intended for their Advantage. To which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principle recommended in the essay by George Cumberland.

Publisher

London : printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons; and sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and T. Egerton, Whitehall, MDCCXCVI. [1796]

Date

MDCCXCVI. [1796]

Record Identifier

74Vvo0ZX5XAg

MMS ID

991013367149702626

Language

English

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Physical content

[4],iii,[1],52,[2]p.,plates ; 4°.

Publication information

Publisher

London : printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons; and sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and T. Egerton, Whitehall, MDCCXCVI. [1796]

Place of Publication

England

Date Published

MDCCXCVI. [1796]

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Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.

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Full title

Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes [electronic resource] : accompanied with free remarks on the practice of the moderns, and Liberal Hints Cordially Intended for their Advantage. To which are annexed twenty-four designs of classical subjects invented on the principle...

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Notes

General note

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Some of the plates engraved by William Blake.

With a preliminary leaf containing a quotation from Sir William Jones's Asiatic Researshes [sic], and a final leaf of advertisements.

Citation / References Note

ESTC T87534.

Additional physical form availability note

Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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74Vvo0ZX5XAg

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74Vvo0ZX5XAg

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MMS ID

991013367149702626