Credit: © The Royal Society
                             
                         
                     
                         
                         
                             
                                 Image number: RS.9478
                             
                         
                         
                     
                 
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            The human heart
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                                1685
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Creator
                            
                            
                                Gerard de Lairesse (1640 - 1711, Flemish) , Artist
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Library reference
                            
                            
                                28309
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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                                Dimensions
                            
                            
                                height (print): 440mm
width (print): 280mm
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            width (print): 280mm
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                                Description
                            
                            
                                A dissection of the human heart. Illustration from Anatomia humani corporis, by Govard Bidloo (Amsterdam, 1685). 
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
                                Object history
                            
                            
                                Dutch physician Bidloo was the personal physician to King William III.  
                            
                            
                        
                            
                            
                            
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