Vertebral column: two figures showing front and side views. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.
- Sue, M. (Jean Joseph), 1710-1792.
- Date:
- [1798]
- Reference:
- 561546i
- Pictures
About this work
Publication/Creation
[Edinburgh] : [A. Bell], [1798]
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; platemark 36.7 x 22.5 cm
Lettering
Tab. LVIII. Part 3. Pl. 99. A. Bell, Prin. Wal. sculptor fecit
Individual vertebrae indicated with letters
Creator/production credits
According to Schiebinger, the designs of the plates in the Traité d'ostéologie may be the work of Marie-Geneviève-Charlotte Thiroux d'Arconville
References note
Londa Schiebinger, 'Skeletons in the closet: the first illustrations of the female skeleton in eighteenth‐century anatomy', in: C. Gallagher and T. Laqueur (edd.), The making of the modern body: sexuality and society in the nineteenth century, Berkeley 1987, pp. 42-82
Reference
Wellcome Collection 561546i
Type/Technique
Subjects
Where to find it
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