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Image number: RS.10298
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'The fore view of the skull'
Date
1726
Creator
Sutton Nicholls (1680, British) , Printmaker
After
Sutton Nicholls (1680, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
Books/Cheselden, W_Anatomy of the Human Body_1726
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 115mm
width (print): 115mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Illustration showing the front view of the skull, the bones of the jaw, the bones of the foot and hand, and four different vertebrae. All are fully annotated on page 60.
Plate 4 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 60, Tab IIII, Sutton Nicholls del et sculp.’
Plate 4 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 60, Tab IIII, Sutton Nicholls del et 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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