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William Cowper. Mezzotint by J. Smith, 1698, after J. Closterman.

The post-boy : from Saturday January 25. to Tuesday January 28. 1723. Numb. 5386, On Saturday arrived the mail from France : Madrid, Jan. 16. N.S. The catholick King, Philip V. having taken a resolution to make an absolute renunciation of the crown of Spain, in favour of his eldest son.

Time pushes back a curtain to reveal Fame greeting a woman representing Anatomy; below, putti study anatomy. Line engraving, 1698.

Gulielmus Cowper, criminis literarii citatus, coram tribunali ... Societatis Britanno-regiae / per Godefridum Bidloo.

William Cowper's anatomy of human skin / Philip K. Wilson.

El sistema nervioso de la obra de Cowper / [Jaime Vozza].

The country parson's honest advice to that judicious lawyer, and worthy minister of state, My Lord Keeper.

Myotomia reformata: or an anatomical treatise on the muscles of the human body ... To which is prefix'd an introduction concerning muscular motion / [William Cowper].

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.

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.

Anatomia corporum humanorum centum et quatuor-decim tabulis ... ab excellentissimis, qui in Europa sunt, artificibus expressis ad vivum ... illustrata. Amplius explicata, multisque novis anatomicis inventis, chirurgicisque observationibus aucta a W.C / Accedunt eiusdem introductio in oeconomiam animalium ... Omnia nunc primum Latinitate donata. Curante G. Dundas, Brittanno [sic].

A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

A man, écorché, in the pose of an orator: anterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The brain with the upper parts removed (above); the cerebellum (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

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 bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.

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Cowper, William, 1666-1709

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The muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The brain with the upper parts removed (above); the cerebellum (below). Line engraving by A. Bell after W. Cowper, 1798.

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 bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

An écorché figure gripping a piece of cloth, with left leg bent, seen from behind. Line engraving by J. Tinney, 1743, after W. Cowper.