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Sepia lithograph of a human skeleton kneeling on a seated stag skeleton holding its antlers, with an antelope skeleton standing at left.

Skeleton of an antelope, with that of a man, who is shown restraining the skeleton of a seated stag by kneeling on the animal's back and holding its antlers. Lithograph by B. Waterhouse Hawkins, 1860.

A sepia lithograph shows a human skeleton kneeling on the back of a seated deer skeleton, gripping its antlers, while a standing antelope skeleton stands at left. The figures are rendered in fine hatched lines against a pale tan ground, with the plate number visible in the top right corner.

Artist
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Date
[1860]
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2982 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1860.
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

Español: Esqueletos de un hombre, un ciervo sentado y un antílope, litografía anatómica

Una litografía en sepia muestra un esqueleto humano arrodillado sobre el lomo de un esqueleto de ciervo sentado, sujetándole las astas, mientras a la izquierda se alza el esqueleto de un antílope. Las figuras están dibujadas con líneas finas y sombreadas sobre un fondo beige claro.

Português: Esqueletos de um homem, um veado sentado e um antílope, litografia anatômica

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