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Three anatomical dissections taking place in an attic. Coloured lithograph by T. C. Wilson after a pen and wash drawing by T. Rowlandson.

The dissection of a young, beautiful woman directed by J. Ch. G. Lucae (1814-1885) in order to determine the ideal female proportions. Chalk drawing by J. H. Hasselhorst, 1864.

An anatomical dissection of the abdomen of a cadaver, seen in a foreshortened view. Aquatint by R. Perrette, 1904.

Ancient anatomists in discussion around a cadaver. Engraving by G. Appelmans, 1674.

William Hunter (1718-1783) in his museum in Windmill Street on the day of resurrection, surrounded by skeletons and bodies, some of whom are searching for their missing parts. Engraving, 1782.

Michelangelo drawing from an anatomized cadaver. Photogravure after M. J. A. Mercié.

An anatomy lesson in an apothecary shop; represented by anthropomorphic participants. Engraving after Egbert von Heemskerck, ca. 1730-79.

An aged anatomist selecting his dissection instrument while a young woman tries to warn that his subject is alive. Coloured etching by T. Rowlandson, 1811.

An anatomical dissection by Reinier de Graaf, taking place in a room with a patient in bed. Reproduction, 1927, of an engraving by G. Wingendorp, 1671.

M0006977: Portrait possibly of Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564)

Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.

Bichat / by P. Laín Entralgo.

Alfred Benninghoff (1890-1953), Anatom / Marielene Putscher.

M0006749: Portrait of James Musgrove (1862-1935)

M0003115: Portrait of Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832)

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Bodysnatchers in a church cemetery disturbed by the braying of an ass. Mezzotint, 1771.

Bichat / by P. Laín Entralgo.

Alfred Benninghoff (1890-1953), Anatom / Marielene Putscher.

M0006749: Portrait of James Musgrove (1862-1935)

M0003115: Portrait of Antonio Scarpa (1752-1832)