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Originally Posted by Dean Romig
Most engravers never took an anatomy course in their lives... and some of their dogs are good examples,
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That they never had an anatomy course was very clear. I still find their art wonderful artifacts from a now gone era. The charm of their drawing, whether of anatomically incorrect humans, out-of-proportioned dogs, or flying turnips, is as period specific as any work from artisans of any period.
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"Doubtless the good Lord could have made a better game bird than bobwhite, and better country to hunt him in...but equally doubtless, he never did." -- Guy de la Valdene (from A Handful of Feathers )
"'I promise you,' he said, 'on my word of honor, I won't die on the opening of the bird season.'" -- Robert Ruark (from The Old Man and the Boy)
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