A Comparative View Of The Human And Animal Frame. By B. Waterhouse Hawkins, F.L.S., F.G.S. Author Of "Popular Comparative Anatomy," "Elements Of Form," "Animals And Their Uses;" And Restorer Of The Forms Of The Extinct Animals In The Crystal Palace Park, Sydenham.
RA Collection: Book
Record number
03/7319
Author
Imprint
London:: Chapman And Hall, 193, Piccadilly., 1860.
Physical Description
26, [1] p., 10 pl. (all dble.); 385 mm. (Folio).
Contents
[T.p.] - Comparative View Of The Human And Animal Frame. List Of Plates... - Preface - Introduction - [Plates, with descriptive texts] - Conclusion; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
All plates are signed as 'Drawn from Nature on Stone by Waterhouse Hawkins' and 'Printed by Vincent Brooks'.
Each carries the publishers' imprint, 'London. Published by Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly'.
The text printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, Stamford Street And Charing Cross'.
Each carries the publishers' imprint, 'London. Published by Chapman & Hall, 193, Piccadilly'.
The text printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, Stamford Street And Charing Cross'.
Summary Note
The plates show: 1. Man, gorilla, bear; 2. Man, lions; 3. Man, dog, boar; 4. Rider, horse; 5. Horse; 6. Man, elephant; 7. Man, stag, antelope; 8. Man, cow, sheep; 9. Man, camels; 10. Diagram - Section head of man, skull of gorilla, Combined Figure seal, vicuna, ostrich.
Provenance
12 November 1864: 'Laid on the table a work on Comparative Anatomy presented by the Author Mr. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, to the Library of the Royal Academy ...' (RA Council Minutes, XII, 201).
Binding Note
19th-century cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers blind-stamped with decorative border, upper cover lettered 'Comparative View Of The Human & Animal Frame. B. Waterhouse Hawkins, F.L.S. F.G.S.'
Subject
Anatomy - Animals
Manuals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century
Manuals - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Lithographs - Great Britain - 19th century
Contributors
Vincent Brooks, lithographic printer
William Clowes the younger, printer
B. Waterhouse Hawkins, lithographer, donor
Chapman and Hall (London), publisher
William Clowes and Sons, printer
William Clowes the younger, printer
B. Waterhouse Hawkins, lithographer, donor
Chapman and Hall (London), publisher
William Clowes and Sons, printer
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B. Waterhouse Hawkins
Man, The Gorilla, and The Bear, 1860
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B. Waterhouse Hawkins
Man, and The Lion, 1860
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Man, the Dog, and Wild Boar, 1860
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B. Waterhouse Hawkins
Rider, and Horse, 1860
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B. Waterhouse Hawkins
Man, and the Elephant., 1860
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