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Watercolour drawing of a skeleton with gold-tinted ribs and labels in Persian script on aged paper.

A skeleton. Watercolour drawing by a Persian artist.

A skeleton drawn in watercolour on aged paper, with a skull at top, a spine running down a central axis, ribs fanning in gold and grey, and limbs spread across the page. Handwritten Persian script in red and black labels the bones and surrounding areas. The figure is set against a plain, stained ground.

Artist
Unknown
Date
[between 1800 and 1899?]
Medium
Watercolors Paintings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2761 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1909.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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