Side view of male torso and arm Cardiff with a man and woman

with a man and woman riding horses

Interior view of the Guildhall on Lord Mayor's Day

a parrot native to islands of South-east Asia

January 21

not Sir Joshua Reynolds as given in the inscription on this print

Side view of male torso and arm Cardiff with a man and womanThis diagram illustrates the proportions of the male torso, splitting it into three sections. It also illustrates the proportions of the arm and correlates them with those of the torso. Plate 12 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Particularitez des corps humain, veu de cost, & proportion d'icely: ensemble du bras veu par le dessus. 16' Original: engraving. 1663