Portion of the body starting from the ankle and ending at the knee

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

Muscles of the leg: left leg right anterior view (left); left leg right anterior view (centre); right leg right posterior view (right).

The apostles Peter and John heal the lame man. Process print after Raphael.

A surgeon treating an irate patient's wounded leg in his surgery assisted by two attendants. Engraving.

The skin removed from the lower leg, exposing the muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

A splint for a broken limb. Etching by J. Bell.

Diagrams illustrating: bandaged legs in splints, bandaged upper bodies and bandaged heads and eyes. Engraving by W. Lowry, 1811, after J. Farey, the younger (?).

A surgeon about to bleed a male patient's leg, he is observed by an older physician and aided by an assistant. Engraving, 1586.

Peter heals the lame man outside the temple. Mezzotint by P. van Somer after K. Dujardin.

Anterior view of thigh (fig. 1) and posterior view of thigh (fig. 2), with superimposed paper flaps. Coloured and laminated lithograph by S.G. Tovey after E.W. Tuson, 1828.

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

The sick and lame bend before the apostle Peter, hoping for cure. Coloured lithograph, 1863, after Masaccio.

1 print : line engraving ; image 11.5 x 7.2 cm

Saint Peter and Saint John heal a man suffering from leprosy. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1513.

1 print : etching ; platemark 36.3 x 28.2 cm

Peter and John cure a man of lameness at the Temple Gate. Etching.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 49.7 x 30.5 cm

The muscles of the lower leg with the tendons separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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Leg

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Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

The sick and lame bend before the apostle Peter, hoping for cure. Coloured lithograph, 1863, after Masaccio.

Saint Peter and Saint John heal a man suffering from leprosy. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1513.

Peter and John cure a man of lameness at the Temple Gate. Etching.

The muscles of the lower leg with the tendons separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Leg

Images from the collections

Images referencing Leg

Works from the collections

Diagrams illustrating how to bandage and set fractures in splints. Engraving by J. Johnstone.

The sick and lame bend before the apostle Peter, hoping for cure. Coloured lithograph, 1863, after Masaccio.

Saint Peter and Saint John heal a man suffering from leprosy. Engraving by A. Dürer, 1513.

Peter and John cure a man of lameness at the Temple Gate. Etching.

The muscles of the lower leg with the tendons separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

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