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Bone & fat bucket : save them for munitions / Domestic Savings Committee.

Muscles of the leg and foot: four figures. Pencil drawing by J. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Muscles of the trunk: four figures, including the ribcage and shoulder. Pencil drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Skeleton: seen from the front. Line engraving by Campbell, 1816/1821.

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.

The bones of the ear and of hearing. Etching, 1743.

A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The anatomy of the human bones, nerves, and lacteal sac and duct. The eight [sic] edition. By Alexander Monro, Senior, ...

A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation

An écorché showing the third layer of muscles, with ligaments, cartilages and bones: front and back views with additional figures detailing an eye, and two feet. Coloured line engraving by J. Pass, 1796.

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A female memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The anatomy of the human bones, nerves, and lacteal sac and duct. The eight [sic] edition. By Alexander Monro, Senior, ...

A male memento mori figure used for spiritual contemplation

An écorché showing the third layer of muscles, with ligaments, cartilages and bones: front and back views with additional figures detailing an eye, and two feet. Coloured line engraving by J. Pass, 1796.