Wellcome Collection homepage
All
Stories
Images
Catalogue
Events

Active filters:

DrawingsReset filters
2,258 results
  • 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.
  • A man with a wooden leg collecting brushwood in a wicker basket slung over his shoulder. Pen and wash drawing.
  • Surgical instruments. Pen and ink drawing, 1850/1910?.
  • Female genitalia held open by two fingers to show an area of diseased tissue. Watercolour by Christopher D' Alton, 1857.
  • Guido Reni: portrait. Drawing, c. 1793.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: a tunnel, into which water cascades from the top into a swirling pool; small people look down from the top. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 197-.
  • Muscles of the arm and hand: two studies of écorché arms, one bent at the elbow, the other outstretched. Red chalk drawing with pencil, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A female nude seen from behind. Pen and ink drawing by W. Mulready.
  • A woman's head, expressive of sublime compassion. Drawing, c. 1791, after Raphael.
  • Outlines of faces: the left-hand pair expressing good judgment, the right-hand pair weakness of mind. Drawing, c. 1789.
  • Muscles of the leg: left leg right anterior view (left); left leg right anterior view (centre); right leg right posterior view (right).
  • The ship carrying the plague arrives in another country. Drawing by A.L. Tarter, 194-.
  • Doctrine of signatures: (above) a plant (fennel) with seed-pods resembling the crest of a bird, and (below) a bird's head. Coloured ink drawing by C. Etheridge, 1906, after G.B. Della Porta.
  • A man holding his nose to avoid breathing in a miasma. Drawing.
  • James Scott, Australian medical student lost in the Himalayas for forty-three days without food, drinking from a snowball to rehydrate in the afternoon sun. Drawing by M. H. Boscott, 1993.
  • Black nightshade (Solanum nigrum): leaves and fruits. Pen drawing, partially coloured.
  • Muscles of the head and neck: écorch ́figure seen from behind. Pen and ink wash, by C. Landseer, ca. 1815.
  • A Mughal courtier holding a flower. Watercolour drawing by an Indian artist.
  • The Virgin Mary and the Christ child, with Saint Augustine, Saint George, Saint John the Baptist, Saint Stephen and an angel with a lily. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after F. Francia.
  • The head of Hercules. Drawing, c. 1792.
  • A man's face with a swelling over his left eye. Drawing.
  • Navigation: an astrolabe, a cross-staff, and a back-staff or Davis's sextant. Drawing after Edmund Gunter, 1624.
  • A dwarf, or perhaps a child begging. Gouache drawing.
  • Axillary plexus of nerves. Pen and ink sketch by G.E. Blenkins, 18--.
  • The dream of a patient in Jungian analysis: logs rolling along a stream through a tunnel, a person stepping from one log to another. Drawing by M.A.C.T., 197-.
  • Passion flower (Passiflora species): twining stem with flowers and fruit. Pen drawing.
  • Life-cycle stages of the parasite Babesia canis and its vector, the kennel tick (Rhicephalus sanguineus). Coloured drawing by A.J.E. Terzi.
  • Right profile of a boy exemplifying ancient Greek male beauty. Drawing, c. 1791.
  • Sthenelos bandaging the wounded finger of Diomedes. Ink drawing by S.W. Kelly, 1937, after a Chalcidian neck-amphora c. 550 B.C.
  • Krishna (?) playing the flute. Pouncing.