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Frontispiece to an English edition of Charles Le Brun's 'Expressions of the passions of the soul' (left); a face expressing attention. Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure with left arm raised, seen from the left side. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.

A skeleton leaning on an inscribed tombstone, resting his right hand on a skull. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after A. Vesalius, 1543.

A skeleton leaning on a spade. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after A. Vesalius, 1543.

A compendious treatise of anatomy : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture, on ten folio copper-plates; and in which the external muscles and bones of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, the membrana adiposa, and the veins and arteries that lie on their surface.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after W. Cowper, 1743.

An écorché figure seen from the front. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after A. Vesalius, 1543.

Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure, seen from the back, with an additional seated figure in the bottom left-hand corner. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.

Hercules (Heracles). Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743.

A skeleton with right hand raised, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after W. Cowper, 1743.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.

A compendious treatise of anatomy : adapted to the arts of designing, painting, and sculpture, on ten folio copper-plates; and in which the external muscles and bones of the human body are represented as they appear in the best chosen attitudes, when cleared of the skin, the membrana adiposa, and the veins and arteries that lie on their surface ... / By John Tinney.

A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

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John Tinney

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Images by John Tinney

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Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure with left arm raised, seen from the left side. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.

A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.

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John Tinney

Images from the collections

Images by John Tinney

Works from the collections

Two faces expressing veneration and rapture. Etching, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure with left arm raised, seen from the left side. Line engraving by J. Tinney, after A. Vesalius, 1743.

A laughing face (left) and a face expressing acute pain (right). Engraving, c. 1760, after C. Le Brun.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.

Frequent collaborators

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