Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10300
Looking for a special gift? Buy a print of this image.
Various human bones
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): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
Subject
Content object
Description
An illustration showing a variety of human bones- all demonstrating imperfections or individual characteristics.
Annotations:
A-A distorted spine
B-The Femur of a man eight foot high
C-Part of a decayed Femur
D-Half the lower jaw
E-Part of a decayed leg and foot- the bone ‘all grown into one’
F-Part of a thigh bone
G-The head of a Femur
H-A piece of Femur
Plate 6 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p.64, Tab VI, Sutton Nicholls delin et sculp.’
Annotations:
A-A distorted spine
B-The Femur of a man eight foot high
C-Part of a decayed Femur
D-Half the lower jaw
E-Part of a decayed leg and foot- the bone ‘all grown into one’
F-Part of a thigh bone
G-The head of a Femur
H-A piece of Femur
Plate 6 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘p.64, Tab VI, 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.
Associated place