Complete Record - Heirs of Hippocrates No. 1129

JOHN FLAXMAN (1755-1826) Anatomical studies of the bones and muscles, for the use of artists. M. A. Nattali 1833 13 pp., front. (port.), 21 plates. 48.9 cm.

The first two plates were drawn and lithographed by William Robertson and contain six whole figures, viz.: the skeleton and the muscleman, each from three different viewpoints. . . . The nineteen plates following these were drawn by Flaxman and engraved by Henry Landseer. The first three are finished in aquatint and pertain to osteology. . . . The sixteen plates following are done in the easy, unconventional style of chalk-drawings and pertain wholly to myology. . . . Flaxman's drawings are all unconventional, clever, and true to nature (Choulant-Frank, p. 341).

Cited references: Choulant-Frank, pp. 341-342; Garrison-Morton 411; Wellcome III, p. 31

Gift of John Martin, M.D.