About This Item
Title
The bones of the head: from Dr. Douglass
Subject
Skull--anatomy & histology
Book Illustrations
Description
Copperplate engraving by Sutton Nicholls.
A lateral view of the human skull.
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.tab3
Original Format
1 print: copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
18 x 11 cm
Citation
Nicholls, Sutton, “The bones of the head: from Dr. Douglass,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 30, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/145.