Elements Of Anatomy; Designed For The Use Of Students In The Fine Arts. By James Birch Sharpe, Member Of The Royal College Of Surgeons, And Student In The Royal Academy Of Arts.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/6634
Author
Imprint
London:: Printed For R. Hunter, (Successor To Mr. Johnson) No. 72, St. Paul's Church-Yard., 1818.
Physical Description
[8], 68 p., 5 pl.; 235 mm. (Octavo).
Contents
[T.p., dedic.] - Errata - [Text] - Appendix, Description Of The Plates; [colophon]. - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The plates and title-page vignette are unsigned.
The printer is named on the verso of the title-page and in the colophon: 'Printed by J. McCreery, Black-Horse-Court, London'.
The work is dedicated by the author to Henry Fuseli, 'A.M. Royal Academician, Keeper Of The Royal Academy Of Arts, Professor Of Painting. &c. ... As A Testimony Of The Great Advantages And High Honour Derived From His Invaluable Instruction, In The Royal Academy of Arts'.
The printer is named on the verso of the title-page and in the colophon: 'Printed by J. McCreery, Black-Horse-Court, London'.
The work is dedicated by the author to Henry Fuseli, 'A.M. Royal Academician, Keeper Of The Royal Academy Of Arts, Professor Of Painting. &c. ... As A Testimony Of The Great Advantages And High Honour Derived From His Invaluable Instruction, In The Royal Academy of Arts'.
References
M. Cazort & al., The ingenious machine of nature: four centuries of art and anatomy [exhibition catalogue] (1996), p. 66, 222; A. Darlington, The Royal Academy of Arts and its anatomical teachings [dissertation, London Univy.] (1990).
Summary Note
In his Introduction the author states - in opposition to Sir Anthony Carlisle, Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy from 1808 to 1824 - that 'dissection is necessary to the artist'. He adds that he has made frequent reference to the 'Gladiator repugnans' or 'Warrior of Agasias' (the ancient sculpture, generally known as the 'Borghese Gladiator' or 'Borghese Warrior'); an écorché of which he presents as his Plate 4. This famous work was praised by other writers on anatomy, such as Cowper, Salvage and Del Medico.
Reproductions
Available on microfiche (Cambridge: Chadwyck-Healey, 1994).
Provenance
Presented to the Academy by the author, and acknowledged 5 November 1818 (RAA CM, VI, p. 13).
Binding Note
20th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; green morocco spine-label lettered 'Sharpe's Anatomy'.
Subject
Anatomy
Statues - Sculpture, Greek
Manuals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
Statues - Sculpture, Greek
Manuals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
Rowland Hunter, publisher
John McCreery, printer
Henry Fuseli RA, dedicatee
James Birch Sharpe, previous owner, donor
Royal Academy of Arts (London), Keeper (1804-1825: Fuseli)., dedicatee
Royal Academy of Arts (London), Professor of Painting (1799-1805, 1810-1825: Fuseli)., dedicatee
John McCreery, printer
Henry Fuseli RA, dedicatee
James Birch Sharpe, previous owner, donor
Royal Academy of Arts (London), Keeper (1804-1825: Fuseli)., dedicatee
Royal Academy of Arts (London), Professor of Painting (1799-1805, 1810-1825: Fuseli)., dedicatee
Images from this book
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James Birch Sharpe
Title-page
Letterpress with vignette printed from a copperplate that is larger than the size of the leaf
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![James Birch Sharpe, Ecorché figure in pose from 'Paetus and Arria']()
James Birch Sharpe
Ecorché figure in pose from 'Paetus and Arria', 1818
Stipple-etching and etching
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![James Birch Sharpe, Ecorché figure in the pose of the 'Borghese Gladiator']()
James Birch Sharpe
Ecorché figure in the pose of the 'Borghese Gladiator', 1818
Stipple-etching and etching
