Descripcʹao analytica da execucʹao da estatua equestre erigida em Lisboa a gloria do Senhor Rei fidelissimo D. Jose I. : com algumas reflexoes e notas instructivas, para os mancebos portuguezes, applicados a escultura : e com varias estampas que mostrao os desenhos, que servirao de exemplares; alguns estudos que se fizerao; a maquina interna, e methodo com que se construio o modelo grande; e toda a escultura do monumento, do modo que se expoz ao publico
This is a 1810 Lisbon printed account by sculptor Joaquim Machado de Castro, with engravings by Rafael Esteve, of the equestrian statue of King José I, written for Portuguese students of sculpture. The plates are engraved horse figures marked with lettered reference points and measurement scales, showing the anatomical proportions and construction method a sculptor would follow. A designer could take from them the clean, schematic linework of a measured technical diagram.
