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Engraving of a human skeleton viewed from behind, arms outstretched, standing in front of a rhinoceros against a stone wall.

Skeleton seen from behind beside a rhinoceros, engraved plate

An engraved anatomical plate shows a human skeleton seen from behind, one arm raised and one extended, standing before a large rhinoceros in a stone-walled setting. Fine hatched lines model the bones and the animal's heavy folded hide; the plate is numbered "TAB VIII" at upper left.

Artist
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date
1749
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2848 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1749.
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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