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Human bones : a scientific and pictorial investigation / R. McNeill Alexander ; photography by Aaron Diskin ; consultant, Henry Galiano.
Alexander, R. McNeill.Date: [2005], ©2005
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Osteologia, of, Nauwkeurige geraamt beschryving van verscheyde dieren : nevens hare historien uit de vermaartste, soo oude als nieuwe schrijvers, by een gebragt / Door Cornelius van Dyk.
Dyk, Cornelius van, active 1665-1680.Date: 1680
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A standing skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his lower right arm on the handle of a spade. Woodcut, 1543.
Date: [1706]Reference: 26157i
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An anatomical dissection with six onlookers and the dissector who is retracting the skin to reveal the intestines. Engraving, 1705.
Date: 1705Reference: 25331i
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The trunk of the skeleton: side view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
Sue, M. (Jean Joseph), 1710-1792.Date: [1798]Reference: 689114i
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Edinburgh, Greyfriars churchyard: the tomb of James Borthwick of Stow, carved with a skeleton and surgical instruments. Photograph, 19--.
Date: [between 1900 and 1999]Reference: 664265i
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A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.
Date: 1 September 1806Reference: 26261i
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An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.
Gheyn, Jacob de, 1565-1629.Date: 1615Reference: 24757i
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Professor Alba with a skeleton, representing his ability to "gamble with death". Colour lithograph, 195-.
Date: [between 1950 and 1959?]Reference: 667615i
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A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of sin. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870, after J. Bakewell.
Bakewell, J., active 1770.Date: 1870Reference: 26799i
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Engravings illustrating the surgical anatomy of the head and neck, axilla, bend of the elbow, and wrist : with descriptions / by Thomas Morton.
Morton, Thomas, 1813-1849.Date: 1845
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Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.
Venne, Adriaen Pietersz. van de, 1589-1662.Date: 1655Reference: 26260i
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Skeletal biology of past peoples : research methods / editors, Shelley R. Saunders, M. Anne Katzenberg.
Date: [1992], ©1992
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The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.
Date: [1900?]Reference: 664123i
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A human skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his skull, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.
Date: [1779]Reference: 36168i
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Rembrandt at the door of the Amsterdam anatomy theatre. Process print, 1927, of an engraving by C. L. van Kesteren after C. Bisschop.
Bisschop, Christoffel, 1828-1904.Date: 1927Reference: 25247i
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Elizabeth Brownrigg: her skeleton displayed in a niche at Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London. Engraving.
Reference: 38393i
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A man consulting a wizard, who shows him materializations of human figures in the form of skeletons. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank.
Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878.Date: Between 1800 and 1899Reference: 47616i
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A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.
Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832.Date: 1 November 1815Reference: 25466i
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Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].
Browne, Hablot Knight, 1815-1882.Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 11964i
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The skeletons of two foetuses, two and five months old, demonstrating the development of ossification. Engraving, 1686.
Date: [1686]Reference: 32183i
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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.
Hasselhorst, Johann Heinrich, 1825-1904.Date: 1864Reference: 25532i
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A skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.
Date: [1680?]Reference: 43944i
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Anatomy Theatre, Leiden, the Netherlands. Line engraving.
Reference: 20254i
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A skeleton clutching its head. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1973.
Birch, Martin, active approximately 1968-1973.Date: [ca. 1973?]Reference: 2853328i
Part of: Adamson Collection

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Human bones : a scientific and pictorial investigation / R. McNeill Alexander ; photography by Aaron Diskin ; consultant, Henry Galiano.

Osteologia, of, Nauwkeurige geraamt beschryving van verscheyde dieren : nevens hare historien uit de vermaartste, soo oude als nieuwe schrijvers, by een gebragt / Door Cornelius van Dyk.

A standing skeleton, seen from the front, resting the bones of his lower right arm on the handle of a spade. Woodcut, 1543.

An anatomical dissection with six onlookers and the dissector who is retracting the skin to reveal the intestines. Engraving, 1705.

The trunk of the skeleton: side view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.

Edinburgh, Greyfriars churchyard: the tomb of James Borthwick of Stow, carved with a skeleton and surgical instruments. Photograph, 19--.

A crowned skeleton with three arrows. Etching, 1806.

An anatomical dissection by Pieter Pauw in the Leiden anatomy theatre. Engraving by Andries Stock after a drawing by Jacques de Gheyn II, 1615.

Professor Alba with a skeleton, representing his ability to "gamble with death". Colour lithograph, 195-.

A withered tree bearing apples labelled with sins; representing the life of sin. Coloured lithograph, c. 1870, after J. Bakewell.

Engravings illustrating the surgical anatomy of the head and neck, axilla, bend of the elbow, and wrist : with descriptions / by Thomas Morton.

Five tombs containing skeletons of historical exemplars of wisdom, war, beauty, strength and riches; an allegory of change, decay and death. Engraving after A.P. van de Venne, ca. 1655.

Skeletal biology of past peoples : research methods / editors, Shelley R. Saunders, M. Anne Katzenberg.

The skeleton of a friar in the role of Death as the reaper, surrounded by skulls, ribs and vertebrae, in a chapel. Photograph.

A human skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his skull, after Vesalius. Engraving by Benard, 1779, after a woodcut, 1543.

Rembrandt at the door of the Amsterdam anatomy theatre. Process print, 1927, of an engraving by C. L. van Kesteren after C. Bisschop.

Elizabeth Brownrigg: her skeleton displayed in a niche at Surgeons' Hall, Old Bailey, London. Engraving.

A man consulting a wizard, who shows him materializations of human figures in the form of skeletons. Coloured etching by George Cruikshank.

A sky-lit anatomy theatre with anatomical specimens in jars and a suspended skeleton. Colour acquatint by J. C. Stadler after A. Pugin, 1815.

Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

The skeletons of two foetuses, two and five months old, demonstrating the development of ossification. Engraving, 1686.

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 skeleton as a woman wearing a brown and red dress and a black headdress. Oil painting, ca. 1680.

Anatomy Theatre, Leiden, the Netherlands. Line engraving.

A skeleton clutching its head. Drawing by M. Birch, ca. 1973.