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Thoughts on outline, sculpture, and the system that guided the ancient artists in composing their figures and groupes 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.

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 recommended in the essay by George Cumberland.
Author
Cumberland, George, 1754-1848.
Publication
London : printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons; and sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and T. Egerton, Whitehall, MDCCXCVI. [1796]

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Description
[4],iii,[1],52,[2]p.,plates; 4⁰.
Uniform Title
Eighteenth century collections online.
Subject
  • Art criticism
  • Engraving, English
Note
  • With a preliminary leaf containing a quotation from Sir William Jones's Asiatic Researshes [sic], and a final leaf of advertisements.
  • Some of the plates engraved by William Blake.
  • Reproduction of original from British Library.
Indexed In (note)
  • English Short Title Catalog
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
OCLC
  • 642720320
  • T87534
Author
Cumberland, George, 1754-1848.
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 recommended in the essay by George Cumberland.
Imprint
London : printed by W. Wilson, St. Peter's-Hill, Doctors'-Commons; and sold by Messrs. Robinson, Paternoster-Row; and T. Egerton, Whitehall, MDCCXCVI. [1796]
Series
Eighteenth century collections online.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Indexed In:
English Short Title Catalog, T87534.
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Place of Publication
Great Britain England London.
Added Author
Gale (Firm)
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