The art of figure drawing : containing practical instructions for a course of study in this branch of art (1852)
Weigall, Charles H · London : Winsor and Newton · leaf 26
on with the body. The fingers also have an inclination inwards towardsthe middle of the hand : the second finger is straight.In closing the hand, the thumb, the first, third, andfourth fingers converge towards the second finger. The muscular action of the foot is so much destroyedby the habit of… … THE BACK OF THE HAND. PIRATE VII. DIFFERENCE OF PROPORTIONS IN THE SEXES. 25 hand, and the same inclination of the toes, and the samenatural inclination inwards, when raised from the ground,either before or behind, as in the action of dancing. These natural inclinations inwards are owing to…
Drawing · Human figure in art
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