About This Item
Title
Finis
Subject
Skeleton
Book Illustrations
Description
Engraved by Gerard van der Gucht and Mr. Shinevoet.
A broken obelisk stands in a barren landscape. On the obelisk, there is an image of the skeleton of Hercules. With the caption: Finis.
Creator
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776
Shinevoet, Mr.
Source
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.
Publisher
Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia
Date
1733
Language
eng
Type
StillImage
Identifier
Z_17.pl56v
Original Format
1 print : copperplate engraving
Physical Dimensions
27 x 21 cm
Citation
Van der Gucht, Gerard, 1696-1776 and Shinevoet, Mr., “Finis,” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed October 31, 2025, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/2315.