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Engraving of a standing skeleton with a large skull, one arm raised, in front of a hilly landscape with a distant town.

Skeleton of a Child in an Italianate Landscape, 1733

An engraving of a standing human skeleton with a large skull, one arm raised and the other bent at the side, set against a hilly landscape with a distant town and trees. Fine line hatching shapes the bones and ground, and the paper shows a warm, aged tone.

Artist
William Cheselden
Date
[1733]
Medium
Engravings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2277 × 4000 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1733.
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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