Weigall, Charles Harvey; Mason, Walter George [Ill.]: The Art Of Figure Drawing: Containing Practical Instructions For A Course Of Study In This Branch Of Art ; With Seventeen Illustrations, Drawn On Wood By The Author, And Engraved By Walter G. Mason (London, 1853 [ersch.1854])

THE FRONT FACE.

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PliATE VIII.

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FOR THE FRONT FACE.

In reading the following pages, it must be carefully
remembered, that by an oval is meant, not an ellipse, but
the outline of a well-shaped egg. In the figure of Plate
VIII., the greater diameter bisects the oval, and the
small diameter would be the straight line drawn at right
angles to the larger one, through a point' distant about ^
of its length from the extremity towards the broad part
or end, and equal to £ of the larger diameter.

First then draw an oval, and make its greater diameter;
this is called the facial line; divide this line into 4 equal
parts, these parts will represent the divisions of the front
face, as follows :

From the crown of the head to the commence-
ment of the forehead, or from where the hair
commences . . . . . .1st.

From thence to the root of the nose . . 2nd.

From thence to the bottom of the nose . . 3rd.

From thence to the bottom of the chin . . 4th.

This last part divided into 2 equal parts, will deter-
mine the bottom of the under lip.