Published by Alexr. Hill, 50. Princes Street,, Edinburgh;: And Ackermann & Co Strand,, London.: [ca. 1833]
Physical Description
Engr. t.-pl., add. engr. t.-pl., 15 pl.
Responsibility Note
An illegible signature ['T.f'.?] seems to be carried by plates 2-7 and 12. No others are signed by draughtsman or engraver.
The title-plate and most numbered plates are signed as lithographed by Forrester and Nichol.
Most carry the publisher's imprint of Alexr. Hill, Edinburgh.
References
M. Twyman, Rudolf Ackermann and lithography (1983).
Summary Note
A slightly variant title occurs on the added engraved title-plate: 'Studies of Anatomy & Proportion Which it is hoped may be found useful to Artists Presented to St Luke's Club By An Amateur'.
The numbered plates show: the human body (pl. 1-11); the body of the horse (pl. 12-15). Each carries also a letter-press explanation.
Provenance
Presented in 1833. The title-plate is inscribed in ink, 'To the Royal Academy With the respectful Comps. of the Publisher 29 June 1833 Edinburgh'.
Binding Note
19th-century red cloth-covered boards, upper cover carrying pasted-on title-plate, reading 'Studies Of Anatomy & Proportion, For the use of Artists. - Price Fifteen Shillings - Edinburgh Alexander Hill, Bookseller, Printseller & Colourman, to the Scottish Academy of Painting &c., 50, Princes Street.'
Subject
Anatomy
Manuals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century