Scientific study of the morphology of the human body

Muscles of the lower leg and foot. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.

Foetuses in utero: four figures showing cross-sections of a foetus in various positions in the uterus. Line engraving, 1791, by W. Taylor after F. Birnie, after W. Smellie.

List of medical periodicals, including prices, printed on verso of contents page to Alfred Kast, Pathologisch-anatomische Tafeln. Letterpress, ca. 1897.

An écorché with left arm extended to the side, seen from the front. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.

Two figures: a kneeling human skeleton, with hands tied behind its back, and an écorché figure tied to a tree-trunk. Engraving by Barlow, ca. 1800.

Torso: cross-section indicating the nerves, organs, arteries and bones, in various colours. Coloured line engraving by H. Mutlow, 1808.

Dissection of the trunk: side view, showing the bones and muscles, with small pencil sketches of a nude in various poses. Ink and watercolour with laminated flaps, 18--.

Anatomical figures with detachable parts. Colour lithographs by American Manikin Co., ca. 1890.

Dissection showing the muscles of the arm and shoulder, front view. Watercolour by J.C. Zeller, ca. 1833.

Sections through humerus and femur bones, two figures: the left illustration indicating a sarcoma (bone tumour) on the humerus bone, the right showing cancerous (?) metastases in the marrow of the femur. Chromolithograph by W. Gummelt, ca. 1897.

Dissection of the thorax showing the vena cava and azygos vein. Coloured lithograph by William Fairland, 1837, after J. Walsh after W.J.E. Wilson.

1 print : mezzotint, printed in colours ; platemark 53 x 34.4 cm

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

1 painting : watercolour, with pen and ink ; image 31.3 x 21.7 cm

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

47 pages, 21 unnumbered pages, illustrations (plates) ; 33 cm

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

1 print : lithograph, printed in colours ; sheet 17.9 x 11.5 cm

Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?.

1 print : collotype, printed in colour ; image 29.6 x 21.4 cm

A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

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Human anatomy

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Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?.

A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

Human anatomy

Images from the collections

Images referencing Human anatomy

Works from the collections

Dissections of the female urogenital system: six figures. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1754.

The arteries of the human body with a foetus in the womb. Watercolour by a Persian artist.

The anatomy of the thymus gland / by Sir Astley Cooper.

Diagrams of the human torso, left and right side views, with internal organs indicated. Colour lithograph by F. Reichhold, 1890/1910?.

A male nude with the parts of the abdomen and thorax labelled. Colour process print, 1926, after a manuscript illustration, 1345.

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