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  • British inventors, politicians and military men: a key to the identities of the sitters. Engraving by C.G. Lewis, 1863, after T.J. Barker.
  • A character in the play "The widdow Ranter": Semernia, a Native American queen, with two pageboys. Mezzotint by W. Vincent.
  • The bones of the arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the arm and palm of the hand and geometrical diagrams of the tendons and fibres of different muscles. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Cervical, thoracic and lumbar vertebrae. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • 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 muscles of the arm, elbow and shoulder and the bones of the lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • 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.
  • Muscles of the shoulder, upper and lower arm. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower leg and the sole of the foot, dissected and separated, with the tibia and fibula exposed. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The scapula (figures 1-2) and the clavicle (figures 3-4) and the sternum seen from the front (figure 5). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the left thigh, seen from the front. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A deep dissection of the muscles of the thigh. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the back of the lower left leg. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Muscles of the thigh, seen from the front. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Muscles of the back and shoulder. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • Three figures of the muscles of the foot, showing the sole of the foot progressively dissected.
  • A suspended lower arm from which the skin and fatty layer has been removed to reveal the muscles. Next to it is a knife and a surgical instrument case with its lid. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower arm which act on the fingers, thumb and wrist raised from their origins and left at their insertions. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A deep dissection of the muscles of the thigh, seen from the back. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower leg. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower leg with the tendons separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the left hip and thigh dissected away to expose the bones of the hip and the head of the femur. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The ribs. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the back of the hand and the forearm dissected. The tendons are raised and separated by various instruments. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The gluteus muscles of the left side of the body. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the lower arm and hand dissected and spread out across the dissecting table and a book. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • A back view of the muscles of the thigh, intact but slightly separated from each other. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The extensor muscles of the foot dissected and left attched at their insertions. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.
  • The muscles of the back, with the hands tied together at the wrist. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.