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Écorché figure

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Description: Écorché figure

TitleÉcorché figure

Creator nameCowper, William

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1694

Object typePainting

MaterialsWatercolor bodycolor, and pen and ink on paper

Dimensions11 1/2 × 7 3/8 in. (29.3 × 18.8 cm)

LocationUniversity of Glasgow, University Library

http://collections.gla.ac.uk/#/details/enarratives/281

Accession numberMS Hunter 655 (Dl.1.31)

SubjectsWatercolor painting, BritishHuman anatomy--ModelsHuman anatomy--Study and teaching

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Anatomical Illustration and the Practice of Anatomy

Description: William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum

William Hunter and the Anatomy of the Modern Museum

Drawing and anatomy went closely together in the eighteenth century, when depicting the configuration of bodily parts and systems accurately was essential to expanding medical and scientific knowledge. William Hunter’s involvement with anatomical drawing began before his arrival in London in 1740. He would already have seen drawings used as visual aids in the lectures he attended in...

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PublisherYale Center for British Art

Copyright© 2018 Yale University

Related print edition pages: pp.210-227

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00250.012

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-21211&redirecttoanchor=64890

Chapter subject tags:Scientific illustrationAnatomical specimensChildbirthHuman dissection

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