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  • The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing various methods of study and teaching with a lettered key. Line engraving.
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • Ten demonstrations of digestion, blood circulation, breathing, bone structure, smell, hearing, sight, touch, taste, the nervous system, and muscle structure. Coloured lithograph by C. Bethmont, ca. 1860 (?).
  • A dancing class: a girl curtsies as a young man bows to her, the teacher plays the violin and a girl stands in a box. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • A dancing lesson: a boy in a sailor suit dances the hornpipe as the teacher plays the violin; the girl is standing with a stretcher across her back. Etching by George Cruikshank.
  • An allegory of the fine arts and architecture. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi, 1766, after G.B. Cipriani.
  • The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons (?). Oil painting.
  • The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons (?). Oil painting.
  • The dissection of a corpse before a company of surgeons (?). Oil painting.
  • Left, a woman personifying science instructing her children in how to use a microscope; a woman personifying truth reveals the scene to Father Time. Mezzotint after T.S. Duché, 1787.
  • A young man learning to shoot aims a rifle at a pet bird tied to a stile; a companion backs against the wall to get out of the way. Lithograph by R. Seymour.
  • Switzerland: children at a woodwork class with their teacher. Photograph attributed to H. Schlegel, ca. 1925 (?).
  • A dancing class: a girl and a boy stand in first position, as the teacher plays the violin. Etching by G. Cruikshank.
  • A piano with a device supporting the wrists of learners. Engraving by A.W. Warren after M.A. Warren.
  • A piano with a device supporting the wrists of learners. Engraving by A.W. Warren after M.A. Warren.
  • M. de Mélincourt sets off for the hunt saying farewell to his wife, while his son is having shooting lessons. Engraving.
  • A professor teaching pharmacy to students in mid-16th century Paris; representing a calendar advertising products of the Pharmacie Centrale de France. Colour lithograph, after 1889.
  • Two girls drawing copies of paintings hanging in a gallery. Etching by Ad. Lalauze.
  • Policemen entering the study of a medical student in search of thieves shoot at a pair of skeletons by mistake Etching by T. Onwhyn, 1844.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • A seated man attending a life class draws from the model; a nude male model is seated to the left. Pencil drawing.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • A life drawing class: members of an academy are shown drawing from a model in a darkened room. Crayon manner print by J. Gamelin after himself, 1778/1779.
  • Boys at a woodwork class with their teachers, in London. Photograph by Walter C. Tyler, ca. 1895.
  • William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.
  • A life class in Rome with a model posed as a crucified man with an écorché figure to the left. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1902.
  • Robert Knox lecturing on the anatomy of the pig. Coloured lithograph.
  • Paris: a medical professor taking the pulse of a sick man in a hospital bed while medical students watch and take notes. Drawing by J.H. Marlet, ca. 1810.
  • Cooke's School of Anatomy (London School of Anatomy), London: interior, showing a man with a skeleton. Photograph, ca. 192-.
  • Manfredus instructing students in the properties of plants, or discussing plants with other naturalists. Watercolour, 19--.