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Engraving of a flayed male anatomical figure with one arm raised, standing before a landscape with horseback riders at lower left.

Anthropologia nova, or, a new system of anatomy. Describing the animal oeconomy, and a short rationale of many distempers incident to human bodies : in which are inserted divers anatomical discoveries, and medicinal observations, with the history of the parts illustrated with above fourscore figures, drawn after the life and to every chapter a syllabus of the parts describ'd, for the instruction of young anatomists / by James Drake ... [Appendix].

An engraved plate showing a standing male figure with the skin removed, revealing musculature in full. The figure raises one arm and extends the other into a hilly landscape, with small figures on horseback and on foot in the lower left. The plate is labelled Tab. XXIII at the upper right and carries a small signature at the lower edge.

Artist
James Drake
Date
1707
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2499 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1707.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: Figura anatómica desollada con brazo levantado, Tab. XXIII, de Drake (1707)

Una lámina grabada que muestra una figura masculina de pie, sin piel, con los músculos a la vista. La figura levanta un brazo y extiende el otro hacia un paisaje de colinas, con pequeñas figuras a caballo y a pie en la parte inferior izquierda. La placa lleva la inscripción Tab. XXIII en la esquina superior derecha.

Português: Figura anatômica esfolada com braço erguido, Tab. XXIII, de Drake (1707)

Uma gravura mostrando uma figura masculina em pé, sem pele, com a musculatura exposta. A figura ergue um braço e estende o outro em direção a uma paisagem de colinas, com pequenas figuras a cavalo e a pé no canto inferior esquerdo. A prancha traz a inscrição Tab. XXIII no canto superior direito.

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