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  • Two men studying a corpse by the light of a candle stuck in its chest. Etching after a drawing attributed to Polidoro Caldara (Polidoro da Caravaggio).
  • Profile of a boy which, according to Lavater, exemplifies Raphael's approach to noses and chins in profile. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Profile of a boy which, according to Lavater, exemplifies Raphael's approach to noses and chins in profile. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Profile of a boy which, according to Lavater, exemplifies Raphael's approach to noses and chins in profile. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Body measurements, back view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • C19 Chinese MS moxibustion point chart: Hernia point
  • Persio / tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato da Francesco Stelluti.
  • Persio / tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato da Francesco Stelluti.
  • Persio / tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato da Francesco Stelluti.
  • Persio / tradotto in verso sciolto e dichiarato da Francesco Stelluti.
  • Body measurements, front view, Chinese woodcut, 1443
  • 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 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 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.
  • Acu-moxa aid: landmark measurements, Chinese MS, late Qing
  • Dissection of the torso of a pregnant woman, showing the internal organs and the foetus. Colour engraving by J. Pass after D. Dodd, 1794.
  • Three officers in the City of London Corporation holding different types of sticks ("characteresticks"): Lord Mayor Crosby with a scourge for wheat-speculators; John Wilkes with a Herculean club for defeating corruption; and and a bull representing Frederick Bull, with the sheriff's staff of office. Engraving after S.L., 1772.
  • An exhumed mummy in St. Stephen's Crypt in Westminster. Chalk lithograph by J. Basire after George Scharf, 1852.
  • A woman (Yang She), facing front, with a massive pendent tumour hanging down from her neck. Gouache, 18--, after Lam Qua, 1837.