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Image number: RS.10296
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Back 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 back view of an adult human skeleton, labeled:
1.Bregmatic bone
2.Occipital bone
3.Clavicle
4.Scapula
5.Processus Acromion
6.Humeri
7.Radius
8.Ulna
9.Olecranon
10.Costae
11.Spine
12.Os Innominatum (hip bone)
13.Os Sacrum
14.Coccyx
15.Femur
16.Trochanter Major
17.Trochanter Minor
18.Tibia
19.Fibula
Plate 2 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 57, Tab II, Sutton Nicholls Sculp.’
1.Bregmatic bone
2.Occipital bone
3.Clavicle
4.Scapula
5.Processus Acromion
6.Humeri
7.Radius
8.Ulna
9.Olecranon
10.Costae
11.Spine
12.Os Innominatum (hip bone)
13.Os Sacrum
14.Coccyx
15.Femur
16.Trochanter Major
17.Trochanter Minor
18.Tibia
19.Fibula
Plate 2 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 57, Tab II, 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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