Beauty : illustrated chiefly by an analysis and classification of beauty in woman, preceded by a critical view of the general hypotheses respecting beauty, by Hume, Hogarth, Burke, Knight, Alison, &c. and followed by a similar view of the hypotheses of beauty in sculpture and painting, by Leonardo da Vinci, Winckelmann, Mengs, Bossi, &c. / By Alexander Walker (author of "Physiognomy founded on physiology," The nervous system," &c.) ; illustrated by 24 steel engravings from drawings from life, by Henry Howard (professor of painting to the Royal Academy).

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision.
Main Author: Walker, Alexander, 1779-1852 (Author)
Other Authors: Howard, Henry, 1769-1847 (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New-York : William H. Colyer, 1844.
Series:Women's Studies Archive: Voice and Vision.
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American Antiquarian Society copy inscribed: W.A. Callaghan.
Physical Description:1 online resource (225 pages, 23 unnumbered leaves of plates) : illustrations.
Format: Electronic eBook

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