10 results filtered with: Leanness
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Bust of a lean male, looking down to his lower right. Etching by Wenceslaus Hollar after Leonardo da Vinci, 1648.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519.Date: 1648Reference: 29064i
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The handbook of dining, or corpulency and leanness scientifically considered : comprising the art of dining on correct principles consistent with easy digestion, the avoidance of corpulency, and the cure of leanness; together with special remarks on these subjects / by Brillat-Savarin ; translated by L.F. Simpson.
Brillat-Savarin, Jean-Anthelme.Date: 1864
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Corpulence; or, excess of fat in the human body: its relations to chemistry and physiology, its bearing on other diseases and the value of humn life, and its indications of treatment. With an appendix on emaciation / By Thomas King Chambers.
Chambers, Thomas King, 1818-1889.Date: 1850
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Comments on corpulency. Lineaments of leanness. Mems on diet and dietetics / By William Wadd.
Wadd, William, 1776-1829.Date: 1829
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General John Reid, a very thin man. Engraving, 1813.
Date: 10 February 1813Reference: 1764i
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A lady asks a pharmacist about his enlargening potion; he displays the bump on his head as proof of its efficacy. Process print after a wood engraving.
Reference: 17267i
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Claude Ambroise Seurat, known as the 'Human skeleton'. Stipple engraving by R. Cruikshank, 1825.
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856.Date: 5 August 1825Reference: 1811i- Pictures
A tall, thin military officer carries on his shoulders an enormously fat parson dressed in gown and bands followed by a dejected-looking farmer. Etching by J. Gillray, 1783.
Gillray, James, 1756-1815.Date: April 10 1783Reference: 585052i
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Comments on corpulency : lineaments of leanness, mems on diet and dietetics / by Willam Wadd.
Wadd, William, 1776-1829.Date: 1829- Pictures
A central caricature of a social gathering at Montpellier Rotunda, surrounded by little sketches of scenes and portraits, Cheltenham. Etching by G. Cruikshank, 1833, after himself.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: December 1833Reference: 16636i