The back part of the sceleton of a man five feet and a half high, the left hand resting on the hip of another sceleton, which was near eight feet high

The back part of the skeleton of a man five feet and a half high, the left hand resting on the hip of another skeleton, which was near eight feet high

Bone and Boness--anatomy & histology

Skeleton

Body Height

Book Illustrations

Engraved by Gerard van der Gucht and Mr. Shinevoet.

Anatomical diagram of a male skeletal figure, posterior view.

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.pl37

1 print : copperplate engraving

50 x 34 cm