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Andrew Bell

Scottish engraver and printer (1726–1809)

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  • Images from the collections
  • Works from the collections
  • Frequent collaborators
  • Related topics

Images from the collections

Images by Andrew Bell

192 images from works
  • The trunk of the skeleton: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
  • Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.
  • Architecture: the geometry of a curved staircase. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • The head of a dead man with the mouth open showing interior, with details of tonsil and other parts of mouth and throat. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo and W. Cowper, 1798.
  • Architecture: various types of roof truss. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Horses' hooves: four dissections showing the anatomy of the ankle and foot of a horse. Line engraving with etching by A. Bell, 1770/1800?.
  • Microscopy: diagrams illustrating insects and parts of insects. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • Posterior muscles of the head and neck. Line engraving by A. Bell after G. Bidloo, 1798.
  • Chemistry: various alchemical symbols. Engraving by A. Bell.
  • A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

Works from the collections

253 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Ligaments around the lower jaw, and between the head and the vertebrae: six figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after J. Weitbrecht, 1798.

    Weitbrecht, Josias, 1702-1747. | Date: [1798] | Reference: 689120i
    • Books
    • Online

    A compendious system of anatomy : in six parts ... ; illustrated with twelve large copperplates.

    Fyfe, Andrew, 1754-1824. | Date: MDCCXCII [1792]
    • Pictures

    Agriculture: a threshing machine in section, plan, and elevation. Engraving by A. Bell.

    | Reference: 493764i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Pyrotechny: designs for fireworks. Engraving by A. Bell.

    | Reference: 37740i
    • Pictures

    The brain: three figures. Line engraving by A. Bell after F. Vicq-d'Azyr, 1798.

    Vicq-d'Azyr, M. (Félix), 1748-1794. | Date: [1798] | Reference: 688909i

Frequent collaborators

Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Govert Bidloo
Jean-Joseph Sue
Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville

Related topics

Human anatomy
Muscles
Surgical Instruments
Brain
Mechanics
Head - Anatomy
Gynecologic pathology
Insecta
Machinery
Childbirth

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