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Kirkwood & Sons

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  • Bones: six figures, including skeleton seen from front and back, cross section and surface of a bone, and a hand and foot. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, 1813.
  • Mark Akenside. Line engraving by Kirkwood & sons.
  • Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.
  • Shoulder joint, larynx, peritoneum (?) and a reclining écorché supported by the left elbow and the outstreched right hand, seen from the front. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, partly after W. Cowper, 1813.
  • Two écorchés, one walking with the aid of a staff grasped with both hands, seen from the left side; the other walking with hands fastened (?) behind back, seen from the right side. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, after W. Cowper, 1790/1810.
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    An écorché pulling down on a rope (?), seen from the back. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Sons, after W. Cowper, 1813.

    Cowper, William, 1666-1709. | Date: [1813] | Reference: 561315i
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    Blood and lymphatic vessels: four figures showing vessels of the arm, leg and head. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

    | Date: [1813] | Reference: 561302i
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    Digestive system: twelve figures, including teeth, intestines and colon. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

    | Date: [1813] | Reference: 561297i
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    Organs of sensation: eight figures of the ear and eye. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

    | Date: [1813] | Reference: 561306i
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    Nervous system: eight figures, including cross sections of the head and brain, the mouth and the skin. Line engraving by Kirkwood & Son, 1813.

    | Date: [1813] | Reference: 561295i
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