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Four scenes with a skeleton: the skeleton directing an astronomer-alchemist, poisoning the drink of lovers, contemplating a flagellant, and taking away a man. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

Galen, standing in a glade, looks at a human skeleton on the ground. Engraving by H.F. Rose, 1820.

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

A human skeleton with a red hat. Papier mâché sculpture by a Mexican artist, 1975.

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.

The trunk of the skeleton: posterior view. Line engraving by A. Bell after J.-J. Sue, 1798.

Eleven decorated initials from the Basel 1555 edition of Andreas Vesalius's De humani corporis fabrica. Woodcuts, 1555.

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

A skeleton seen from the front, resting the bones of the right forearm on a spade and holding a skull aloft in its left hand. On the left is an illustration of the sacrum and on the right, a skull in profile, with further bones to be seen at the skeleton's feet. Photograph of a woodcut, c. 1590.

Five scenes with a skeleton. Drawings attributed to H.K. Browne [Phiz].

Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.

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Java: human skeletons lying in a valley poisoned by volcanic gases, being watched by travellers. Coloured aquatint.

The figure of a man divided in two parts: a skeleton and a well-dressed gentleman. Engraving by V. Green, 1769, after himself.

The bones of the hand (fig.1: palmar; fig. 2: dorsal) and the wrist (fig. 3: detail of carpal bones). Engraving after G. de Lairesse, 1739.

A skeleton, seen from the back, bent forward with his hands clasped to his head. Woodcut, 1543.

A group of dandified tailors attending a lecture, given by a grotesquely fashionable tailor, on "anatomical cutting". Coloured etching by R. Seymour after himself, 1829.