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Beauty: Illustrated by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman...

1852
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Object Information
  • Title: Beauty: Illustrated by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in Woman...
  • Author: Alexander Walker (British, Edinburgh, Scotland 1779–1852 Edinburgh)
  • Illustrator: Henry Howard (British, London 1769–1847 Oxford)
  • Lithographer: Maxim Gauci (British, born Mala, 1776–1854)
  • Lithographer: Richard James Lane (British, Gloucestershire 1800–1872 Campden Hill, Kensington)
  • Dedicatee: George Birkbeck (British, Settle, Yorkshire 1776–1841 London)
  • Publisher: Published London by Henry G. Bohn
  • Printer: J. and C. Adlard (London)
  • Date: 1852
  • Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
  • Dimensions: 9 13/16 x 6 3/8 x 1 7/8 in. (25 x 16.2 x 4.8 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Lincoln Kirstein, 1986
  • Object Number: 1986.1110.23
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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