Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8409
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Anatomical study of the thoracic duct
Date
1773
Creator
Thomas Bonnor (1743 - 1807, British) , Draughtsman
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 410mm
width (painting): 270mm
width (painting): 270mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Anatomical study of the thoracic duct.
Original caption: "The trunk of a human subject".
Illustration for William Hewson's A description of the lymphatic system in the human subject, and in other animals. Illustrated with plates. Together with observations on the lymph, and the changes which it undergoes in some diseases (London,1774).
Original caption: "The trunk of a human subject".
Illustration for William Hewson's A description of the lymphatic system in the human subject, and in other animals. Illustrated with plates. Together with observations on the lymph, and the changes which it undergoes in some diseases (London,1774).
Transcription
'Royal Society'
Object history
One of a series of drawings (MS/133) created to illustrate Hewson's book. The drawings are signed (in the case of work by Andrew van Rymsdyk) and anonymous (in work attributed to Bonnor). The published plates, engraved by Henry Adlard, credit Thomas Bonnor in these cases. The work of Andrew van Rymsdyk is not recognized on the engraved plates.
The illustrations appear in Hewson's work as the main plate figures, although supplementary detail drawing are absent from this set of originals.
The illustrations appear in Hewson's work as the main plate figures, although supplementary detail drawing are absent from this set of originals.
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