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Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

Galen, standing in a glade, looks at a human skeleton on the ground. Engraving by H.F. Rose, 1820.

Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.

A human skeleton with a red hat. Papier mâché sculpture by a Mexican artist, 1975.

The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.

The trunk of the skeleton: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

Ancient anatomists in discussion around a cadaver. Engraving by G. Appelmans, 1674.

A skeleton seen from the front, resting the bones of the right forearm on a spade and holding a skull aloft in its left hand. On the left is an illustration of the sacrum and on the right, a skull in profile, with further bones to be seen at the skeleton's feet. Photograph of a woodcut, c. 1590.

Five scenes with a skeleton. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

<p>Apparently depicts the arrival at the valley of Alexander Loudon and his friends, holding chickens with which to test the toxic fumes emerging from the ground, as described in Loudon's letter communicated to the Royal Geographical Society by John Barrow, 28 December 1831, and reported by various journals</p>

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 15.6 x 24.7 cm

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 35.2 x 24.6 cm

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 44 x 27.5 cm

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.

<p>Printed on the recto of catalogue no. 26157</p>

A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

1 print : etching, with watercolour ; platemark 24.8 x 34.9 cm

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

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Human skeleton

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

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.

A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

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Human skeleton

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

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.

A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

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