Foetus in the womb
Date
1774
Creator
Henry Bryer, Engraver
After
Jan van Rymsdyk (1700 - 1789, Dutch) , Artist
Object type
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (plate): 460mm
width (plate): 302mm
height (page): 653mm
width (page): 470mm
width (plate): 302mm
height (page): 653mm
width (page): 470mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of the human gravid uterus in the eighth month of pregnancy. The uterus is shown in anterior view and dissected with the front of the uterine wall removed showing the foetus in the womb.
Plate 20 to Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, by William Hunter (Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville. Sold in London by S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Cadell; D. Wilson and G. Nicol; and J. Murray, 1774).
Inscribed ‘J. V. Rymsdyk delint. H. Bryer sculpsit. TAB.XX. Idem denuo uterus, sed omnino apertus, ut foetum in situ naturali ostendat. Circa fundum quaquaversus substantia, tam placentae quam uteri, incisa conspicitur. Pub: Nov: 15: 1774, by Dr. Hunter.’
William Hunter (1718-1783) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
Plate 20 to Anatomia uteri humani gravidi, by William Hunter (Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville. Sold in London by S. Baker and G. Leigh; T. Cadell; D. Wilson and G. Nicol; and J. Murray, 1774).
Inscribed ‘J. V. Rymsdyk delint. H. Bryer sculpsit. TAB.XX. Idem denuo uterus, sed omnino apertus, ut foetum in situ naturali ostendat. Circa fundum quaquaversus substantia, tam placentae quam uteri, incisa conspicitur. Pub: Nov: 15: 1774, by Dr. Hunter.’
William Hunter (1718-1783) was a British physician, he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767.
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