Side view of male torso and arm Cardiff January 21

January 21

Lord Mayor's Procession

Smith and Son grocer's shop and a dispensary

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

with a man and woman riding horses

Side view of male torso and arm Cardiff January 21This 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