George Stubbs ARA, Human Skeleton: posterior view, 1804-06.
Etching. 477 mm x 374 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: John Hammond.
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Human Skeleton: posterior view, 1804-06
George Stubbs ARA (1724 - 1806)
RA Collection: Art
477 mm x 374 mm
No I. (-III) Of A Comparative Anatomical Exposition Of The Structure Of The Human Body, With That Of A Tiger And Common Fowl; In Thirty Tables, Two Copper-Plates To Each Table, 20 Inches By 15; Forming Six Numbers - Ten Plates To Each Number. The Whole Executed By George Stubbs, Author Of "The Anatomy Of The Horse." Conditions ... [6 lines] - London:: [1803?-ca. 1806]
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