A manual of ancient sculpture, Egyptian - Assyrian - Greek - Roman (1886)
Redford, George, d. 1895 · London : Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington · leaf 47
its wax lining, so to speak, enclosingthe iron skeleton, or ^ armature as it is called, with an openingleft in the proper place to allow of pouring in the liquid plasterof Paris mixed with pounded brick, which is to fill up the spacearound the armature, and set into a solid mass close up to thewax… … Fig. 25.—Narcissus. Bkonze. Height 20 inches. Found 1830. Naples Museum. may satisfy himself ofthe success of thework so far, and cor-rect it where necessary,especially where thejoints of the mouldhave left any pro-jecting pieces or lineson the wax, whichwould prove trouble-some to remove inthe…
Sculpture, Ancient
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