Sketchbook: Motion and Equilibrium of the Human Body

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Sketchbook: Motion and Equilibrium of the Human Body. Flaxman, John (British, 1755-1826). Sketchbook bound in ?pig's skin, containing 60 leaves plus two endpapers. Height, leaf, 230 mm, width, leaf, 171 mm; height, cover board, 232 mm, width, cover board, 173 mm.

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Accession Number: 832/7.f.5
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Fnumber: 22/1
Captured: 2013:09:13 09:47:48

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