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Engraved anatomical plate of a standing skeleton with arms outstretched, with a rhinoceros and trees behind it.

Skeleton with rhinoceros, Tables of the Skeleton and Muscles (1749)

An engraved anatomical plate shows a standing human skeleton with arms outstretched, set in a wooded landscape. Behind it a large rhinoceros is shown in profile beside the trees, and the plate is marked 'Tab. IV' at upper right.

Artist
Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date
1749
Medium
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2852 × 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

Norse and Northern MythsAnatomy and Medicine18th century1740s1749engravingskeletoncopperplateanatomical illustrationanatomy platealbinusmuscleswooded landscapehuman skeletonrhinoceros

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