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The back view of a sceleton: from Dr. Douglass

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Title

The back view of a sceleton: from Dr. Douglass
Back view of a skeleton

Subject

Skeleton
Bone and Bones--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations

Description

Copperplate engraving by Sutton Nicholls.
Diagram of a human skeleton seen from the back, with right arm raised.

Creator

Nicholls, Sutton

Source

Original image in: Cheselden, William, 1688-1752. Anatomy of the humane body (London : Printed for N. Cliff and D. Jackson ... and W. Innys : 1713). Ac 23 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)
Anatomy of the Humane Body by William Cheselden was a hugely popular anatomy textbook, containing twenty-three copperplate engravings primarily by Sutton Nicholls. The text was one of the first widely used manuals to explain anatomy in English as opposed to Latin. In later editions the "e" was dropped from "Humane" and a camera obscura was used to create additional plates.

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

1713

Language

eng

Type

StillImage

Identifier

Ac_23.tab2

Original Format

1 print: copperplate engraving

Physical Dimensions

17 x 10 cm

Citation

Nicholls, Sutton, “The back view of a sceleton: from Dr. Douglass,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 28, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/144.