Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Webb, Francis, 1735-1815
Title:
Panharmonicon : designed as an illustration of an engraved plate, in which is attempted to be proved, that the principles of harmony more or less prevail throughout the whole system of nature, but more especially in the human frame and that where these principles can be applied to works of art, they excite the pleasing and satisfying ideas of proportion and beauty / by F. Webb.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by Nichols, Son, and Bentley, [1815].
Physical Description:
45 p., [4] leaves of plates (some folded) : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:3227366
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Medical Historical Library copy gift of Lucia P. Fulton. Bookplate of Holnest Park, "The Property of the Trustees of the late J.S.W.S. Erle Drax. No. 1228."
Subject Terms:
Proportion (Art) | Human figure in art. | Aesthetics. | Fulton, Lucia Pickering, 1899–1989 -- Ownership. | Holnest Park -- Bookplate. | Nichols, Son, and Bentley -- Printer. | Engraving -- Specimens -- [1815]. | Engraving, Colored -- Specimens -- [1815].