The Proportions Of The Human Figure, According to a New Canon, For Practical Use; With A Critical Notice Of The Canon Of Polycletus, And Of The Principal Ancient And Modern Systems. Illustrated By Plates. By William W. Story.

William Wetmore Story

RA Collection: Book

Record number

07/2048

Author

Imprint

London:: Chapman And Hall, 193 Piccadilly., 1866.

Physical Description

[6], 63, [3], tables, [4] pl. (three folding).: illus.; 262 mm. (Quarto.)

Contents

[Half-t., t.p.] - Preface - [Text, and 1 pl.] - Errata - Tables - [Tables]; [colophon] - [3 fold. pl.].

Responsibility Note

The plates are unsigned.

The printer is named on the verso of the title page and in the colophon: 'London: Printed By William Clowes And Sons, Stamford Street And Charing Cross.'

References

J. Seidler [Ramirez], A critical reappraisal of the career of William Wetmore Story [dissertation, Boston University] (1985); Henry James, William Wetmore Story (2 v., 1903).

W.G. Moon, Polykleitos, the Doryphoros and tradition (1995).

Immediate source of Acquisition

Presented by, the author [per J. F. Lewis RA], in 1867. (See 'Librarian's Report', RA Annual Report for 1867, p. 27).

Provenance

The front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Presented by the Author to the Royal Academy of Arts, thro' J.F. Lewis R.A.'

Binding Note

19th-century red cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers having blind border, upper cover lettered in gilt, 'The Proportions Of The Human Figure - W.W. Story.'; spine unlettered.

Name as Subject

Subject

Anatomy - Proportion - Sculpture
Essays - Great Britain - 19th century
Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century

Contributors

William Wetmore Story, previous owner, donor
Chapman and Hall (London), publisher
William Clowes and Sons, printer