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Image number: RS.10303
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Muscles of the face & a view of the posterior external muscles
Date
1726
Creator
Sutton Nicholls (1680, British) , Printmaker
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Library reference
Books/Cheselden, W_Anatomy of the Human Body_1726
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height (print): 165mm
width (print): 105mm
width (print): 105mm
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Description
Illustration showing the muscles of the face and eyes- each diagram is fully annotated. The main image shows a full length view of the muscles of an adult male; all 26 posterior external muscles are annotated.
Plate 13 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘pag.142, TAB XIII, Brown delin: Sutton Nicholls sculp.’
Plate 13 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘pag.142, TAB XIII, 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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