The sceleton of a woman, in the same proportions with the venus of Medicis

The skeleton of a woman, in the same proportions with the venus of Medicis

Bone and Boness--anatomy & histology

Skeleton

Book Illustrations

Engraved by Gerard van der Gucht and Mr. Shinevoet.

Anatomical diagram of a female skeletal figure in a pose similar to the Medici Venus.

The image is printed a second time without the labels.

Title from caption on previous page.

Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776

Shinevoet, Mr.

Original image in: Cheselden, William, 1688-1752. Osteographia, or The anatomy of the bones (London, 1733). Z 17 (Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia)

Osteographia, William Cheselden's work on human and animal bones, was first published in London in 1733. The book's elegant and sometimes playful illustrations were created with the use of a camera obscura and engraved by Gerard van der Gucht and Mr. Shinevoet.

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

1733

eng

StillImage

Z_17.pl34a

Z_17.pl34b

1 print : copperplate engraving

50 x 34 cm