Credit: © The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.8413
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    Anatomical study of the human torso

    Date
    1768
    Creator
    Could otherwise be by his son, John van Rymsdyk. Jan van Rymsdyk (1700 - 1789, Dutch) , Artist
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (drawing): 385mm
    width (drawing): 260mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Content object
    human body
       > torso
    Description
    Anatomical study of the human torso.

    Original caption: "Trunk of a human subject, major organs removed".
    Transcription
    J V R. F. July 5th 68
    'Royal Society'
    Object history
    A drawing from MS/133, but unlike the others in this volume, it is not an illustration for William Hewson's A lymphatic system in the human subject, and in other animals (London, 1774).
    Associated place
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       > Europe
          > Netherlands
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