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] : [A. Bell], [1798]
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1 print : engraving ; platemark 36.3 x 17.4 cm
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Tab. LVI. Part 3 Pl. 97. A. Bell prin. Wal. sculptor fecit.
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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 eighteenthcentury 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
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Wellcome Collection 689114i
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