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  • The muscles of the raised left arm and of the upper left shoulder, seen from the front. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
  • The muscles of the suspended right arm and upper right shoulder, seen from the back. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
  • An écorché seen from the back. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
  • The trunk of an écorché seen from the back. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
  • The muscles of the suspended right arm, seen from the front. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century.
  • An écorché with a raised left arm seen from the back; studies of the muscles of the right and left thighs, seen from the front. Red-chalk drawing, 17th century, after L. Cigoli.
  • Parodies of pictures at the Royal Academy: men and women eating and drinking, a soldier's boots being cleaned, a woman tending to a child and figures hanging over a line. Wood engraving.
  • Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Etching by Hieronymus Wierix.
  • Death tramples on three female allegorical figures representing sensual pleasures. Etching by Hieronymus Wierix.
  • Death as king shows a mirror to mankind. Engraving by John Payne, 1639.
  • Samuel Pepys. Colour process print.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Hands showing the sign language alphabet. Coloured etching, ca. 1825.
  • Edward Jenner vaccinating a boy. Lithograph after E.E. Hillemacher, 1884.
  • A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
  • A skull with a timepiece and flowers Etching by William Faithorne, 16--, after Philippe de Champaigne.
  • A woman fast asleep with her head hanging down, a devil is sitting on her stomach and a horse peeps through a curtain; representing her nightmare. Stipple engraving by M.J. Schmidt after J.H. Füssli (Fuseli).
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • Analysis of beauty. Plate I.
  • A piece of small intestine showing typhoid lesions: two figures. Watercolour.
  • A male écorché figure holding the skin of his legs in his right hand and the skin of his arms in his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • A piece of small intestine showing typhoid lesions: two figures. Watercolour.
  • A male écorché figure holding the skin of his legs in his right hand and the skin of his arms in his left hand. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.
  • Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from behind. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from the front. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A skeleton, contemplating a skull: lateral view. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from the front. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Muscle man, in a landscape, seen from the back. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • Muscleman, in a landscape, seen from the front. Photolithograph, 1940, after a woodcut, 1543.
  • A man vaccinating a young child held by its mother, with other members of the household looking on. Oil painting by L.-L. Boilly, ca. 1806.