M0010173: A monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, 1615

Previous title, replaced February 2021: Spectators gazing at a dissected corpse.

Engraving of a monument within which is suspended the flayed skin of a man, with a canal system as an allegory of the circulation of blood, and other allegories of anatomy. It was used as the title page to Highmore, Nathaniel: Corporis humani disquisitio anatomica..., The Hague, 1651

19 August 1947

1 photograph glass plate negative; 12 x 16.5 cm

Wellcome Collection holds the item depicted in the glass plate negative: 24939i

Catalogue data comes from a combination of entries in the original glass plate registers, metadata created when the glass plates were digitised in the early 2000s and enhancements made by the cataloguer in 2021.

Please consult the digitised version as this item is fragile. Email library@wellcomecollection.org to request access to the physical item.