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Skeleton of a boy sitting on the 'D' of 'Dream', from Francesco Bertinatti, Elementi di anatomia fisiologica applicata alle belle arti figurative (Turin, 1837-39). Artist: Mecco Leone. Lithograph
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Four views of heads from different angles, plus feet, eyes, other parts, to show the veins and arteries. From Paolo Mascagni, Anatomia universale... (Florence, 1833). Overprinted and hand colored copperplate engraving. Artist: Antonio Serantoni.

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Illustrations of dissections in a series of original coloured plates, the size of life, representing the dissection of the human body...

London, 1867. Chromolithograph. National Library of Medicine

George Viner Ellis
(1812-1900)
[anatomist]

George Henry Ford
(1809-1876)
[artist]

Subdued color and shading, and masterful composition, lend the dissected body and prosthetics of dissection a serene beauty.



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