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Engraving of a man dissecting a corpse under a draped canopy, with a skeleton and diagrams on the wall and robed onlookers at left.

The anatomy of the human body / By W. Cheselden.

An engraved scene shows a man in a long tunic leaning over a dissection table beneath a draped canopy, working on a corpse while a skeleton and geometric diagrams hang on the wall. On the left, a crowd of robed onlookers stands before a distant walled city.

Artist
William Cheselden
Date
1740
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2597 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1740.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

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Español: La anatomía del cuerpo humano, por W. Cheselden

Un grabado muestra a un hombre con túnica larga inclinado sobre una mesa de disección bajo un dosel drapeado, trabajando en un cadáver, mientras un esqueleto y diagramas geométricos cuelgan de la pared. A la izquierda, un grupo de espectadores con vestiduras se reúne frente a una ciudad amurallada lejana.

Português: A anatomia do corpo humano, por W. Cheselden

Uma gravura mostra um homem de túnica longa debruçado sobre uma mesa de dissecação sob um dossel drapeado, trabalhando em um cadáver, enquanto um esqueleto e diagramas geométricos pendem da parede. À esquerda, um grupo de espectadores de vestes se reúne diante de uma cidade murada ao longe.

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