Engraved plate of a standing skeleton with outstretched arms in a leafy landscape, beside a rhinoceros with its head lowered.

Skeleton and Rhinoceros, Albinus Tables of the Human Body (1749)

An engraved anatomical plate showing a standing human skeleton with arms outstretched, set in a leafy landscape beside a rhinoceros with its head lowered. The plate is numbered Tab. IV in the upper corner, and fine hatching shows the engraved medium.

Artist: Bernhard Siegfried Albinus
Date: 1749
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Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2849 × 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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Skeleton and Rhinoceros, Albinus Tables of the Human Body (1749)

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