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A counter point to the gesturing androgynous angels and saints is a poetic and sweet drawing known as the ‘Pointing Lady’ (fig. 133), which the renowned scholar Carlo Pedretti called “perhaps the most beautiful drawing by Leonardo.” the subject has same mysterious and enticing smile as her male counterparts, and she likewise is looking directly at us, directing our attention to a mystery unseen. But unlike Leonardo’s various angels of the period, there is nothing devilish about her. ~ Page 473 (Excerpt “Leonardo De Vinci” Author Walter Isaacson

Darwin's handwriting

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Mother and Child (Bhuvenesvar) (Medieval)

Carsten Niebuhr (1733-1815), the first man to draw accurately the cuneiform inscriptions at Persepolis. Niebuhr was an indefatigable traveller and scholar, who returned alone from India to Denmark, via Persepolis. He published his first drawings in 1772. Careful study enabled him to show that there were three different cuneiform scripts at Persepolis

FIGURE 4.4. Louis Edouard Fournier, ‘The Funeral of Shelly,’ 1889. In this rendering of the 1822 cremation, Edward John Trelawny, the poet Leigh Hunt, and Byron are pictured from left to right. Courtesy National Museum Liverpool youtu.be/a2NrziwS8II?si=_E9BaigY15efhf2G