English surgeon and teacher of anatomy and surgery (1688-1752)

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William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.

William Cheselden. Line engraving.

William Cheselden. Line engraving by T. Cook after J. Richardson the elder.

William Cheselden. Stipple engraving by W. Ridley, 1804, after J. Richardson.

Saint Thomas's Hospital, Southwark: the courtyard, with portraits of Mark Akenside, Richard Mead and William Cheselden. Oil painting.

William Cheselden: profile. Line engraving by A. R. Freebairn after a medal by W. Wyon, 1829.

William Cheselden. Lithograph.

William Cheselden. Stipple engraving by W. Read after J. Richardson.

A letter from an apothecary in London, to his friend in the country, concerning the present practice of physick : in regard to empiricks, empirical methods of cure, and nostrums. With remarks on Dr. Mead's, Mr. Freke's, and Mr. Cheselden's method of cure for the itch, by externals only ... Also some observations upon manna ... with remarks on Dr. Mead's certain cure for the bite of a mad dog.

The anatomy of the human body / By W. Cheselden.

The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden].

The anatomy of the humane body / By W. Cheselden.

Ribs: six figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

The base of the brain with part of the medulla oblongata, the blood vessels injected with wax, and the cerebellum (Table XII, figs 1-2), after Cowper in Ridley (1695); the foetal heart, the larynx and the viscera (Table XIII), after an etching by G. Vandergucht in Cheselden (1740) Etching by I. Basire, 1743.

A treatise on the high operation for the stone ... / By William Cheselden.

The uterus, after Swammerdam, De Graaf and Cheselden. Etching, 1743.

Ribs and sternum: two figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

Ligaments of hip-bone and femur (thigh-bone). Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

Radius and ulna bones: two figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

The operations in surgery ... / Translated by T. Gataker ... With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by W. Cheselden.

The operations in surgery ... / of Mons. Le Dran ... Translated by Mr. Gataker, surgeon. With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by Mr. W. Cheselden.

Vertebrae: eleven figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

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The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden].

The operations in surgery ... / Translated by T. Gataker ... With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by W. Cheselden.

The operations in surgery ... / of Mons. Le Dran ... Translated by Mr. Gataker, surgeon. With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by Mr. W. Cheselden.

Vertebrae: eleven figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

Radius and ulna bones: two figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

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William Cheselden

Images from the collections

Images by William Cheselden

Images featuring William Cheselden

Works from the collections

The anatomy of the human body / [William Cheselden].

The operations in surgery ... / Translated by T. Gataker ... With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by W. Cheselden.

The operations in surgery ... / of Mons. Le Dran ... Translated by Mr. Gataker, surgeon. With remarks, plates of the operations, and a sett of instruments, by Mr. W. Cheselden.

Vertebrae: eleven figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

Radius and ulna bones: two figures. Ink and watercolour, 1830/1835?, after W. Cheselden, ca. 1733.

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