Proportions of a child (back view) mb-code RDW001 The Bishop of Durham

The Bishop of Durham

The plate is inscribed: 'The little Bush-tailed Monkey

and this Dock was the entrance to the English canal network from the Thames

the large lark

An assistant would then 'bear on the scapula and the clavicle' whilst another pressed down the lever (C)

Proportions of a child (back view) mb-code RDW001 The Bishop of DurhamThis diagram illustrates the anatomical proportions a child, the view is from behind. Plate 23 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Proportion & mesure de l'enfant veus par derriere. 29 H' Original: engraving. 1663