Engraved anatomy plate with a large standing skeleton, a smaller skeleton at lower left, and separate bone diagrams lettered with reference marks.

Human skeleton and skull figures, plate XLVIII, from Drake's Anthropologia nova

An engraved anatomical plate labelled Tab. XLVIII shows a large standing human skeleton with a detailed skull at top, beside a smaller skeleton at lower left. Smaller skull, pelvis and bone fragments are lettered with keyed figures on the right and upper left, on a plain white ground.

Artist: James Drake
Date: 1707
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2352 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1707.
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