Skeletons of a Monkey and a Bear for Comparative Anatomy
An 18th-century engraving showing two articulated skeletons, a monkey on the left and a bear on the right, posed against a gnarled tree stump and branches. Fine line engraving with the printed title 'Skeleton of a Bear & Monkey for Comparative Anatomy' along the top margin.
- Artist
- Richards, T.
- Date
- 26 February 1789
- Medium
- Engravings
- Source
- Wellcome Collection
- Size
- 2429 × 4000 px
Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1789.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)
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
![Anthropologia nova, or, a new system of anatomy. Describing the animal oeconomy, and a short rationale of many distempers incident to human bodies : in which are inserted divers anatomical discoveries, and medicinal observations, with the history of the parts illustrated with above fourscore figures, drawn after the life and to every chapter a syllabus of the parts describ'd, for the instruction of young anatomists / by James Drake ... [Appendix].](/t/7b6e62.jpg)
