Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Westminster Hall and Whitehall

Westminster Hall and Whitehall

Full-length portrait of the Marquise de Pompadour (1721-1764)

is shown standing beside a table loaded with all the matters he must deal with during his term in office

View of the Tower of London showing the Byward Tower

Views of the reclining male figure Finish:Float frame Westminster Hall and WhitehallThis diagram illustrates the reclining anatomical proportions of the male figure; one is a side view, one from above and one a feet first foreshortened view. Plate 29 from La Vraye Science de la Pourtraicture Descrite & Demonstre by Jean Cousin (Paris, Francois Demasso, 1663). Inscribed: 'Figure entiere du corps humain racourcie de front, veu par la plante des pieds, le ventre dessus. 35 I3' Original: engraving. 1663