Ontleding des menschelyken lichaams…, Amsterdam, 1690. Copperplate engraving with etching. National Library of Medicine.
Govard Bidloo (1649-1713) [anatomist]
Gérard de Lairesse (1640-1711) [artist]
In a discussion elsewhere, the subject of collecting and drawing bones came up. One person thought it was “really weird” to stop and draw/photograph roadkill, but sometimes that’s the best (or only!) way to get a good look at some animals. This sort of thing is nothing new. Artists and scientists have, for hundreds of years, been observing and rendering the anatomy of humans and animals. As I was Googling for examples, I came across this exquisite on-line exhibition from the U.S. National Library of Medicine and the National Institutes of Health: Dream Anatomy.
The Anatomy of the Human Gravid Uterus, Birmingham, 1774. Copperplate engraving. National Library of Medicine.
William Hunter (1718-1783) [anatomist]
Jan van Riemsdyk (fl. 1750-1788) [artist]
red paper boat 