M0006950: Anatomical drawing of a human skeleton viewed from behind

Date:
1 May 1940
Reference:
WT/D/1/20/1/59/32
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M0006950: Anatomical drawing of a human skeleton viewed from behind. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

About this work

Also known as

Previous title, replaced May 2020: Drawing for or after the anatomy of Vesalius.

Description

Photograph of a drawing, after Vesaulius, showing a human skeleton viewed from behind with a slightly bowed head and hands resting on forehead. This reproduction was made during the VI International Congress for the History of Medicine held in Leiden 1927 at the Exposition d'art Medico-Historique and is described as Dessin [Drawing] 86, Dessin pour, ou d'après l'anatomie de Vesale, in the exhibition catalogue.

Publication/Creation

1 May 1940

Physical description

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Related material

A copy of the exhibition catalogue has been digitised by the National library of the Netherlands Catalogue d'une collection d'art medico-historique.

Notes

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2020.

Terms of use

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.

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