The skeleton of a fully grown fetus
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
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 185mm
width (print): 110mm
width (print): 110mm
Subject
Content object
Description
The main image (A) shows the skeleton of a full grown fetus in which are shown the epiphyses, carpus and tarsus, of which the cartilage has shrunk in drying. The form of the fetal skeleton differs from that of an adult.
B - the scapula of a twelve year old.
C - the bregma (section of skull) of ‘a Foetus five months old prepared, to show the fibres ossifying from a middle point , and shooting out on every side.’
D- a Tibia sawed lengthways
E- the Tibia of a five month old fetus
Plate 5 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 63, Tab V, Sutton Nicholls delin et sculp.’
B - the scapula of a twelve year old.
C - the bregma (section of skull) of ‘a Foetus five months old prepared, to show the fibres ossifying from a middle point , and shooting out on every side.’
D- a Tibia sawed lengthways
E- the Tibia of a five month old fetus
Plate 5 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p. 63, Tab V, Sutton Nicholls delin 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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