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Image number: RS.10302
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The muscles of the human body (front)
Date
1726
Creator
Sutton Nicholls (1680, British) , Printmaker
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Object type
Library reference
Books/Cheselden, W_Anatomy of the Human Body_1726
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 176mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
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Content object
Description
Fully annotated view of the muscles of the adult male human body. Showing the muscles of the head, face, neck, torso, arms, legs, hands and feet. The figure is propped up on strings so as to show the inside and outside of the limbs.
Plate 12 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘Tab XII, page 140, Brown delin: Sutton Nicholls sculp.’
Plate 12 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘Tab XII, page 140, Brown delin: 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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