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Engraved plate showing card-making tools, workbench, drying frames and a heating stand, labeled Cartier, Pl. II.

Card-Maker, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a crowded 18th-century drawing class above floor plan and section diagrams of the school.

Design School, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1763

Engraved plate of fifteen drawing instruments including quill pens, compasses, a pen knife, ink pot, stool and gridded drawin

Design: Instruments, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a pantograph drawing instrument with numbered detail figures, a compass, and a scale bar in inches.

Design: Pantograph, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a camera obscura cabinet with a mirror, shown beside a terrace view of a distant landscape.

Design: Camera Obscura, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of numbered mannequin parts including a head, hands, feet, limbs and ball joints, labeled Pl. VII.

Design: Mannequin Parts, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of an articulated wooden mannequin with ball joints on a circular base, labeled Pl. VI, fig. 1.

Design: Mannequin, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of nine head studies with construction lines showing facial proportions for drawing oval faces.

Design: Ovals, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of nine numbered studies of eyes and noses for drawing instruction, with hatched shading and labeled guideline

Design: Facial Anatomy from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of eight numbered studies of noses, lips and ears in fine hatched line, labeled Dessein.

Design: Facial Anatomy from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Design: Heads, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate with five studies of hands in different poses, one pair resting on a book.

Design: Hands, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved anatomical plate of legs and feet, with measured foot studies at top and crossed male legs seated on a block below.

Design: Legs and Feet, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a standing nude man with dotted guide lines and numbered proportion marks showing body measurements.

Design: General Proportions of the Male, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved print of a standing nude male academic figure, head raised, one hand resting on a rock, against a shaded background.

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved academic study of a nude male figure seen from behind, arm raised, against a hatched shaded background.

Design: Academic Figure, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of two nude male figures in a grouped pose on a stone ledge, with lettered reference lines at right.

Design: Grouped Figures, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate of a standing nude woman with hands raised to her face beside a draped cloth, labeled Dessein.

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Ink and watercolor sketch of a standing woman with hands on hips beside a kneeling woman resting her head against her.

Two Women

Constantin Guys, c. 1840

Engraved plate of a nude male figure seen from behind, standing with head turned, against a hatched background.

Design: Figure from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate with three putti above and a seated child beside an urn and grapes below, labelled Dessein, Enfans.

Design: Children, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Design: Ages, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Engraved plate with four numbered head studies showing different facial expressions and hairstyles.

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Wonder, Love, Veneration, Rapture), from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of four head studies showing facial expressions of emotion, labelled Expression des Passions.

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Laughter, Weeping, Compassion, Sadness), from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of four head studies showing scowling men, a woman in a headscarf, and a youth with tense expressions.

Drawing: Expressions of Emotion (Hate or Jealousy, Anger, Desire, Physical Pain), from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraving of a kneeling figure in loose folded drapery with one arm raised, labeled Draperie Jettée Sur le Mannequin.

Design: Drapery Arranged On a Model, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Engraved plate of three draped figures: a seated man, a standing woman holding a scroll, and a reclining figure.

Design: Draped Figures, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77

Design: Draped Figures, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Line engraving of allegorical women and a child with a distant castle, titled Dessein, Pensée ou Croquis.

Design: Sketch, from Encyclopédie

Benoît-Louis Prévost, 1762/77

Design: Study, from Encyclopédie

A. J. Defehrt, 1762/77