Man sitting in water
Date
1794
Creator
Guglielmo Morghen (1780 - 1825, Italian) , Engraver
After
Francesco Antonio Lapegna (1769, Italian) , Painter
Object type
Library reference
27806
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 195mm
width (print): 289mm
width (print): 289mm
Description
Figure of a classically styled near-nude man shown in a sitting position, preparatory to swimming. His arms are outstretched. The waterline is indicated at shoulder level with water movement at the hands, one leg extended as he sits on the sea floor in shallow water.
Plate 8 from L'uomo galleggiante, o sia l'arte ragionata del nuoto; scoperta fisica [‘The floating man, or the reasoned art of swimming…], by Oronzio de’ Bernardi (Naples, 1794), pp.48/49. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tav,.V.’ Below: ‘Francesco Lapegna dis. dal Naturale. Gugl. Morghen inc.’
The illustration is intended to be instructional, in Bernardi’s manual of swimming practice. It accompanies lesson 6 on swimming in the book: ‘Precetti di equilibrio per la postura su de fianchi standosi nell'acqua.’ [Balance precepts for hip posture while standing in the water].
Oronzio de’ Bernardi (1620-1707), Italian priest and author of a manual of swimming. Bernardi was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
Plate 8 from L'uomo galleggiante, o sia l'arte ragionata del nuoto; scoperta fisica [‘The floating man, or the reasoned art of swimming…], by Oronzio de’ Bernardi (Naples, 1794), pp.48/49. The plate is inscribed above: ‘Tav,.V.’ Below: ‘Francesco Lapegna dis. dal Naturale. Gugl. Morghen inc.’
The illustration is intended to be instructional, in Bernardi’s manual of swimming practice. It accompanies lesson 6 on swimming in the book: ‘Precetti di equilibrio per la postura su de fianchi standosi nell'acqua.’ [Balance precepts for hip posture while standing in the water].
Oronzio de’ Bernardi (1620-1707), Italian priest and author of a manual of swimming. Bernardi was not a Fellow of the Royal Society.
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