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it intersects the upper[iii] lower \/ part of the Femur & upper part of the Tibia \/ just on the inside of the knee of the standing leg \/ it continues its perpendicular intersection thro' \/ thro the inner ancle to the ground: in this action \/ from the shoulder to the bottom of the ribs on the side \/ of the standing leg is lower than the other side of \/ the body, on the[v] whilst the ilium or[vi] hip-bone \/ the knee & the ancle are lower than on the same \/ side are higher than the opposite \/ fig 1 & 2 A"}]}],"institutions":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"lifecycle":{"acquisition":[{"agents":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-153239","uid":"adlib-agent-153239","uuid":"d8e74e61-a4a9-37b7-9e13-326601bb5bec"},"summary_title":"Murray, Charles Fairfax"}],"date":[{"earliest":1916,"latest":1912,"value":"1916-12"}],"method":{"value":"given"}}],"creation":[{"maker":[{"@link":{"role":[{"value":"draughtsman"}],"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-45771","uid":"adlib-agent-45771","uuid":"b9e1e92c-edf1-3a4c-a4eb-f5fbaae070a3"},"summary_title":"Flaxman, John"}]}]},"medium":[{"materials":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-106299","uid":"adlib-term-106299","uuid":"3926a617-f986-3db0-a8cd-7d8071aa7a46"},"summary_title":"brown ink"}}]}],"name":[{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}}],"owners":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"agent-149638","uid":"adlib-agent-149638","uuid":"7376d833-d0a7-3be0-916e-9c892b7a24d8"},"summary_title":"The Fitzwilliam Museum"}],"school_or_style":[{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-9168","uid":"adlib-term-9168","uuid":"6b0c59e1-73cc-3b5c-8e54-56f42806ba6f"},"summary_title":"British"}],"summary":{"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-101697","uid":"adlib-term-101697","uuid":"613a191a-56ce-3317-8b6e-e5df00e65022"},"summary_title":"sketchbook"}},"summary_title":"sketchbook","techniques":[{"description":[{"value":"pen and brown ink on laid paper"}],"reference":{"@link":{"type":"reference"},"admin":{"id":"term-27007","uid":"adlib-term-27007","uuid":"326f020c-e0a2-3e7f-8f96-c7ad94fe8767"},"summary_title":"handwriting"}}],"title":[{"type":"recto; 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