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Sepia lithograph of a horse skeleton in stride beside a standing human skeleton with one arm raised toward the horse's neck.

Human and horse skeletons in action, comparative anatomy lithograph

A lithograph plate shows a horse skeleton in a trotting stride beside a human skeleton that reaches toward its neck. Both are drawn in side view with sepia tones over the bones, against a pale, ruled background with small printed text along the top and bottom edges.

Artist
Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins
Date
[1860]
Medium
Lithographs
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2995 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1860.
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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