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Etching of a muscled flayed figure and a skeleton holding up a small circular scene, framing a certificate with inscribed text.

Certificate of Anatomical Lectures with Skeleton and Flayed Figure, 1821

A printed certificate framed by a standing flayed figure on the left and a articulated skeleton on the right, both resting on stone plinths in a landscape. Both figures hold a small circular vignette showing a robed figure beside a skeleton, and handwritten-style inscribed text fills the centre.

Artist
Jacob George Strutt
Date
1821
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 3616 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1821.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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