Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10295
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Front view of a skeleton
Date
1726
Creator
Sutton Nicholls (1680, British) , Printmaker
After
William Cheselden (1688, British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
Books/Cheselden, W_Anatomy of the Human Body_1726
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The front view of an adult human skeleton, labeled:
1.Os Frontis (frontal bone)
2.Ossa Pectoris
3.Clavicle
4.Scapula
5. Humeri
6.Radius
7.Ulna
8.Carpus
9.Metacarpus
10.Spina Dorsi
11.Os Innominatum (hip bone)
12. Femur
13.Trochanter Major
14.Patella
15.Tibia
16.Fibula
17.Tarsus
18.Metatarsus
Plate 1 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 56, Tab I, Sutton Nicholls Sculp.’
1.Os Frontis (frontal bone)
2.Ossa Pectoris
3.Clavicle
4.Scapula
5. Humeri
6.Radius
7.Ulna
8.Carpus
9.Metacarpus
10.Spina Dorsi
11.Os Innominatum (hip bone)
12. Femur
13.Trochanter Major
14.Patella
15.Tibia
16.Fibula
17.Tarsus
18.Metatarsus
Plate 1 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 56, Tab I, Sutton Nicholls Sculp.’
Object history
Cheselden, a Fellow of the Royal Society from 1711-1752, published Anatomy of the Human Body as a student’s manual. It was extremely popular and achieved thirteen London editions.
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