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Image number: RS.10304
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The internal organs.
Date
1726
Creator
Gerard Vandergucht (1696 - 1776, British) , Engraver
After
William Cheselden (1688 - 1752, British) , Draftsman
Object type
Library reference
Books/Cheselden, W_Anatomy of the Human Body_1726
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 120mm
width (print): 120mm
Subject
Content object
Description
View of the internal organs situated within a male torso;
1-The pericardium covering the heart
2-The lungs
3-The thymus gland
4-The diaphragm
5-The liver
6-The stomach
7-The small guts
Plate 14 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘pag.272, TAB XIIII, Vdr Gucht sculp.’
1-The pericardium covering the heart
2-The lungs
3-The thymus gland
4-The diaphragm
5-The liver
6-The stomach
7-The small guts
Plate 14 from Anatomy of the Human Body by William Cheselden FRS (London, W. Bowyer, 1726). Inscribed: ‘pag.272, TAB XIIII, Vdr Gucht 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.
Van der Gucht also illustrated plates in Cheselden’s later work Osteographia (Anatomy of the Bones), 1733. He was a well known illustrator, print maker and engraver working in London.
Van der Gucht also illustrated plates in Cheselden’s later work Osteographia (Anatomy of the Bones), 1733. He was a well known illustrator, print maker and engraver working in London.
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