Worthen, William Ezra, 1819-1897, [from old catalog] ed · New York, Appleton · leaf 681
eldom employed human figuresto support entablatures or beams; the femalefigures, or Caryatides, are almost uniformly rep-resented in an erect attitude, without any ap-parent effort to sustain any load ; while themale figures, Telamones or Atlantes, displaystrength and muscular action. Besides… … ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION. 665
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