A Compendium of Picturesque Anatomy Adapted to the Arts of Design, Painting, Sculpture and Engraving

Author Designed and published by John Rubens Smith American

Publisher Condon and Marden American

1827

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Title: A Compendium of Picturesque Anatomy Adapted to the Arts of Design, Painting, Sculpture and Engraving
Author: Designed and published by John Rubens Smith (American, London 1775–1849 New York)
Publisher: Condon and Marden (Boston, Massachusetts)
Date: 1827
Medium: Illustrations: lithographs
Dimensions: 18 x 11 3/4 in. (45.7 x 29.8 cm)
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1954
Object Number: 54.524.86
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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