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1 photomechanical print : halftone ; image 26.4 x 19.3 cm

Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

<p>Four figures of the muscles of the back and two of the abdomen. The sixth figure, at the lower right, is of the cavity of the abdomen once the viscera have been removed. The vertebrae are visible, labelled "i", and the diaphragm is labelled "b"</p>

Muscles of the back and abdomen. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

<p>Jacques Fabien Gautier d'Agoty, published a series of anatomy plates using a colour mezzotint process which had first been developed by Jacob Christoph Le Blon (1667-1741), in whose workshop Gautier d'Agoty had served as an assistant. In 1737, Le Blon obtained a copyright to publish a complete colour anatomy atlas, which never appeared. To Le Blon's process, which used the three colours of red, yellow and blue, Gautier d'Agoty added black and claimed the process to be his own invention. The dissections were prepared by Jacques-Fran̨cois Duverney (d. 1748), a Parisian surgeon and demonstrator of anatomy and surgery at the Jardin du Roy. According to the "Avertisement", the principle aim of the Myologie complette was to "facilitate the study of Anatomy for all sorts of persons, above all students of medicine, surgery, painting and sculpture, all of those who, in a word, have the health and study of the human body as their subject."</p>

1 print : mezzotint, printed in colours ; image 40.2 x 31.8 cm

Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

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On the muscles of the back / by Holmes Coote.

1 pack (various pieces) : color illustrations ; in a folder 23 x 32 cm + 1 CD-ROM (4 3/4 in.)

Whatever your job look after your back : Better Backs campaign pack / Health and Safety Executive, LACORS.

Lifting, shifting, moving : preventing and managing back pain at work / BackCare.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 48.5 x 31.8 cm

Muscles of the back and shoulder. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 47 x 30.2 cm

The muscles of the back, with the hands tied together at the wrist. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Specification of Samuel Sheldon Fitch : chest expander.

1 print : mezzotint, printed in colours ; image 40.3 x 31.7 cm

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Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Muscles of the back and abdomen. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

On the muscles of the back / by Holmes Coote.

Whatever your job look after your back : Better Backs campaign pack / Health and Safety Executive, LACORS.

Lifting, shifting, moving : preventing and managing back pain at work / BackCare.

Muscles of the back and shoulder. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the back, with the hands tied together at the wrist. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Specification of Samuel Sheldon Fitch : chest expander.

Muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

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Boer War: an army officer examines the scarred backs of whipped African deserters. Halftone after J. Finnemore after E. Prater.

Muscles of the back and abdomen. Engraving, 1686, after Gérard de Lairesse, 1685.

Deep muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

On the muscles of the back / by Holmes Coote.

Whatever your job look after your back : Better Backs campaign pack / Health and Safety Executive, LACORS.

Lifting, shifting, moving : preventing and managing back pain at work / BackCare.

Muscles of the back and shoulder. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

The muscles of the back, with the hands tied together at the wrist. Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

Specification of Samuel Sheldon Fitch : chest expander.

Muscles of the head, neck and shoulders. Colour mezzotint by J. F. Gautier d'Agoty after himself, 1745-1746.

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