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Essays on the anatomy of expression in painting (1806)

Bell, Charles, Sir, 1774-1842 · London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme · leaf 54

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V se 0 … I compare here the skull as seen in front with ±he general form of the antique head. We shall find that they disagree in many points. We observe a great breadth in the forehead of the antique, more than is natural to the skull. The orbits are large, and the angles formed by the cheek bones of the…

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