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  • A snake, slender and green in colour, with a darker zig-zag marking along its back and bands of pink running along each side of the upper body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, brown in colour, with broken black cross-banded markings on the lower body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, slender and brown in colour, with dark narrow cross-banded markings on the upper body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, green in colour with white markings the upper body: includes a detail of the tail's underside. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, dark brown in colour with yellow markings on either side of the eyes: two figures, showing the head, and the lower part of the body. Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • A snake, small and slender, pale in colour, with oval-shaped brown markings running along its back (which become gradually paler towards the lower body and tail). Watercolour, ca. 1795.
  • Proportions of the human body: six figures showing the face, hand, leg and entire body, with proportions marked. Lithograph by Battistelli after C. Squanquerillo, ca. 1840.
  • Acupuncture points (?) marked on the head, arm and body of a figure: five figures. Coloured lithograph, 1863.
  • Proportions of the human body: annotated illustrations of the human face, body, hands and feet, with proportions marked. Pen and ink, probably copied from a printed book, 1830/1850.
  • Joints of the human body: annotated illustrations, with proportions marked. Pen and ink, probably copied from a printed book, 1830/1850.
  • A rishi (Hindu teacher of mystical knowledge) with 'Vishnu' marks on his forehead and body. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.
  • Proportions of the human body: annotated illustrations of the human body, with proportions marked, comparing the lengths of the arm and leg. Pen and ink, probably copied from a printed book, 1830/1850.
  • Proportions of the female body: front and back view of a female nude, with proportions marked. Lithograph by Martelli after C. Squanquerillo, ca. 1840.
  • Proportions of a male child's body: front and back view of a nude child, with proportions marked. Lithograph by Martelli after Squanquerillo, ca. 1840.
  • HIV+ : the science : HIV attacks and weakens the immune system, the body's defence against disease / Camden & Islington Gay Men's Team ; illustration by Mark Blann.
  • HIV+ : the science : HIV attacks and weakens the immune system, the body's defence against disease / Camden & Islington Gay Men's Team ; illustration by Mark Blann.
  • Proportions of the human body: four figures of the Farnese Hercules and the Laocoön group, with proportions marked. Line engraving by W. Grainger, 1788/1795, after G. Audran (?).
  • An écorché, seen from the front, with proportions marked, and (left) cranium and cervical vertebrae, with proportions of body. Engraving by C. Paroli, after a drawing by Michelangelo, 1760-1770.
  • Study of a horse, side view, with lines of proportion marked and annotated on its body. Photographic reproduction after a pen and ink drawing attributed to A. Verrocchio, original ca. 1470-1488, reproduction, 1880-1920.
  • A woman covers her nudity; but in vain, because her facial features, marked with numbered dots, allow us to interpret the hidden contours and shapes of her body (according a method attributed to Lavater). Coloured lithograph.
  • A lecturer pointing to a large screen, on which projected diagrams of the bodies of a man and a woman are marked with red flags indicating areas where cancer may be first seen. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • A lecturer pointing to a large screen, on which projected diagrams of the bodies of a man and a woman are marked with red flags indicating areas where cancer may be first seen. Colour lithograph after D. Fellnagel, 1941.
  • Illustration which identifies and names the acupuncture points in some of the fourteen bodily tracts on the body. This illustration is derived from Chinese medical illustrations and depicts figures whose dress, facial hair and hairstyles identify them as Chinese; Japanese reading marks have been added to the text to ease understanding.
  • A young woman with extensive scarification on her face, wearing a hat of foliage: side view. Photograph.
  • A young man (?) with elaborate scarification on his face. Photograph.
  • A young woman with extensive scarification on her face, wearing a hat of foliage: front view. Photograph.
  • Borneo: a Dyak man demonstrating the blowpipe. Photograph, 19--.
  • Papua New Guinea (?): a woman with a massive scarification over her clavicles. Photograph by E.W. Pearson Chinnery (?).
  • A North African woman with scarification on her cheeks. Photograph by G. Lekegian, ca. 1900.
  • A North African woman with scarification on her cheeks. Photograph attributed to G. Lekegian, ca. 1900.