Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10278
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‘The back view of the eye & the countenance in easy composure.’
Date
1746
Creator
James Mynde (1710, British) , Engraver
After
James Parsons (1706, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
Tracts/CXXVII/4
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 307mm
width (print): 307mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration showing the muscles of the back of the eye and a face in relaxed composure.
Image of the eyes- annotations-
a-The optic nerve
b-The musculus attollens
c-The depressor
d-The adductor
e-The abductor
f-The trochlearis
g-The obliquus inferior
The portrait illustrates the relaxed state of facial muscles; ‘wherein no muscle can be said to have any particular action, and wherein every muscle in its respective place only conspires to form pleasing symmetry and proportion that appears thro’ the whole.’
Parsons makes reference to classical texts and poetry in the accompanying text; connecting the expressions he illustrates with scenarios in said literature.
Plate 2 from Human Physiognomy Explain’d: In the Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion by James Parsons FRS (London, C. Davis, 1746). Inscribed: ‘Tab .II. p.50. I. Ps MD. del. J.Mynde sc.'
Image of the eyes- annotations-
a-The optic nerve
b-The musculus attollens
c-The depressor
d-The adductor
e-The abductor
f-The trochlearis
g-The obliquus inferior
The portrait illustrates the relaxed state of facial muscles; ‘wherein no muscle can be said to have any particular action, and wherein every muscle in its respective place only conspires to form pleasing symmetry and proportion that appears thro’ the whole.’
Parsons makes reference to classical texts and poetry in the accompanying text; connecting the expressions he illustrates with scenarios in said literature.
Plate 2 from Human Physiognomy Explain’d: In the Crounian Lectures on Muscular Motion by James Parsons FRS (London, C. Davis, 1746). Inscribed: ‘Tab .II. p.50. I. Ps MD. del. J.Mynde sc.'
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