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Human skeleton

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  • Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].
  • Galen, standing in a glade, looks at a human skeleton on the ground. Engraving by H.F. Rose, 1820.
  • A human skeleton with a red hat. Papier mâché sculpture by a Mexican artist, 1975.
  • The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.
  • The trunk of the skeleton: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
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    Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

    | Date: [between 1800 and 1899] | Reference: 726189i
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    The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

    Green, Valentine, 1739-1813. | Date: 10 August 1769 | Reference: 26236i
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    The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

    Lairesse, Gérard de, 1640-1711. | Date: 1739] | Reference: 28382i
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    A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

    | Date: [1706] | Reference: 26158i
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    A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

    Seymour, Robert, 1798-1836. | Date: 1829 | Reference: 525732i
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