works

Galleries and Reading Room

Library

Wellcome Café

Wellcome Kitchen

Wellcome Shop

To make your visit as safe and enjoyable as possible, you’ll need to follow our safety measures inside our venue, including wearing a face covering unless you’re exempt. Find out how we're keeping you safe. You no longer need to book a ticket to enter the museum or library.

We’re undertaking research with website visitors to find out some more about you and what you thought about your visit. This survey will take less than 10 minutes to complete. Thank you for your time!

What brought you to our website today?

1 drawing : Conté crayon with white highlights ; sheet 44 x 67 cm

A life class in Rome with a model posed as a crucified man with an écorché figure to the left. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1902.

<p>William Hunter was appointed the first Professor of Anatomy at the Royal Academy of Arts in 1768: see Martin Kemp, Dr William Hunter at the Royal Academy of Arts, Glasgow 1975</p>

1 drawing : black chalk, pen and black ink, with grey wash ; sheet 45.9 x 32.2 cm

The life school at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, with William Hunter, left, teaching anatomy. Drawing attributed to Elias Martin, ca. 1770.

1 print : line engraving ; platemark 24.9 x 37.4 cm

The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing a variety of subjects studied there. Line engraving by G. Herth after G. Stein.

136 pages : color illustrations, portraits ; 28 cm

Design interactions 2007 / Royal College of Art.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 46.8 x 32.1 cm

An academy in which men discuss the arts of drawing, painting and sculpture. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

1 print : wood engraving ; border 17.9 x 28.5 cm

Wellcome uses cookies.

More filters

Active filters:

A life class in Rome with a model posed as a crucified man with an écorché figure to the left. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1902.

The life school at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, with William Hunter, left, teaching anatomy. Drawing attributed to Elias Martin, ca. 1770.

The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing a variety of subjects studied there. Line engraving by G. Herth after G. Stein.

Design interactions 2007 / Royal College of Art.

An academy in which men discuss the arts of drawing, painting and sculpture. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

Leeds New Mechanics' Institution and School of Art, Leeds, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1867, after C. Brodrick.

A seated man attending a life class draws from the model; a nude male model is seated to the left. Pencil drawing.

Stay in the know

Wellcome collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Wellcome uses cookies.

Search the collections

More filters

Active filters:

A life class in Rome with a model posed as a crucified man with an écorché figure to the left. Drawing by A. Bianchini, 1902.

The life school at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, with William Hunter, left, teaching anatomy. Drawing attributed to Elias Martin, ca. 1770.

The Académie des Sciences et des Beaux Arts, Paris: showing a variety of subjects studied there. Line engraving by G. Herth after G. Stein.

Design interactions 2007 / Royal College of Art.

An academy in which men discuss the arts of drawing, painting and sculpture. Engraving by N. Dorigny, 1728, after Carlo Maratta.

Leeds New Mechanics' Institution and School of Art, Leeds, Yorkshire. Wood engraving by W.E. Hodgkin, 1867, after C. Brodrick.

A seated man attending a life class draws from the model; a nude male model is seated to the left. Pencil drawing.

Stay in the know

Wellcome collectionWellcome Collection

Finding us:

Opening times:

Today's opening times

Wellcome collection