Wellcome Collection

Head, neck and chest of écorché, lying supine, with eyes and mouth open. Watercolour, 18--(?).

Tse Mara (?), a form of Dharmapala (protector of teachings), guardian of the Samye Monastery. Gouache painting by a Tibetan artist.

Human skulls of different racial types: eleven figures also including the skull of an ape, and a graph demonstrating different angles. Engraving.

King Henry VIII and his three children; Will Summers, the King's jester is in the background. Stipple engraving by F. Bartolozzi after H. Holbein the Younger, ca. 1800.

Hong Kong: St. John's Cathedral, North Front. Photograph by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Sores and abcesses (?) on the buttocks and abdomen of a boy suffering from syphilis, with a detail showing a large boil or abcess on the boy's hand. Watercolour by C. D'Alton, 18--.

A musician playing a string instrument, with other instruments on the ground. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Different species of cimex, including the bedbug (fig. 1). Coloured etching by J. Pass, 1801.

A guenon (cercopithecus) climbing a tree holding its young close to her body. Etching by C. Annedouche after J.C. Werner.

A Greenwich Pensioner sits with a Chelsea Pensioner, telling stories of their campaigns: each is disabled in various ways. Coloured etching by Robert Dighton, 1801.

Interior of a palace converted into a Judge's court. Watercolour by an Indian painter.

Burma: a lady attended by a servant bringing an elephant and another servant holding a parasol. Watercolour.

A Chinese man lighting a pipe. Watercolour.

Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin) with the Christ Child, a bishop saint, an angel, Saint Jerome and Saint Margaret. Engraving by F. Rosaspina after G.F.M. Mazzola, il Parmigianino.

Flowers. Woodcut, 18--.

Hong Kong: view from Pedder's Wharf. Photograph by W. Floyd by W.P. Floyd, ca. 1873.

Archiginnasio, Bologna: the coffered ceiling of the anatomy theatre. Photograph by Fotografia dell'Emilia, 18---.

Two Indian men: (left) operating a lathe and (right) weighing rice (?) for sale. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Methods of torture through the ages: including a rack, the man in the iron mask? and Roman and Tudor punishments. Halftone.

Agra: the Taj Mahal. Watercolour painting by an Indian artist.

A Sinhalese devil standing before a red horse with numerous snakes wrapped around his body and head. Gouache painting by a Sri Lankan artist.

Achille Richard. Lithograph by N.-E. Maurin.

Whakarewrewa, New Zealand: a group of Maori people, thermal baths, and houses. Albumen print.

Two male attendants. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Auckland, New Zealand: part of Auckland harbour. Albumen print.

A woman carrying two cloth bundles, one slung over her right shoulder and the other in her left hand. Gouache painting by an Indian artist.

Laocoön. Etching by Sisto Badalocchio, 1606.

The birth of the Virgin Mary, Anna receives refreshments from attendants while the midwife gives Mary her first bath. Woodcut after A. Dürer, 1503.

An angel (representing religion?) presenting the cross. Etching after L. Baugin.

Saint Mary Magdalen. Engraving by F. van der Stieen after N. van Hoy after G. Reni.

Hydraulics: two devices. Woodcut, 1659.

Johannes Volckamer. Line engraving by B. Kilian, 1660, after G. Strauch.

Athanasius Kircher being guided by an archangel to the celestial spheres. Engraving by J.F. Fleischberger, 1660.

Martin Master. Etching by R. Gaywood, 1660.

Christ with Saint Ambrose, Saint Mary (the Blessed Virgin), Saint Charles Borromeo, and Saint Thomas the Apostle and angels. Etching by P. Aquila after C. Maratta.

Cybele, Bacchus, Ceres and Flora on a chariot drawn by lions surrounded by all forms of natural abundance and cherubs, symbolising the element earth. Engraving by E. Baudet, 1695, after F. Albani.

Above, a waterbird, a crane and a fish; below, four waterbirds and a fish. Coloured etching.

Children being instructed in the exploits of famous explorers such as Columbus and Cook, whose portraits are shown in roundels. Etching by R. Pollard after Dodd, 17--.

Norwich Castle, Norfolk. Etching by D.L., 1784.

A young male physician holding the hand of a female patient, a squirrel is seated next to her chewing. Mezzotint.

Dissection of the internal organs of an elephant: four figures. Etching by R. Vinkeles 1787/1800 (?), after P. Camper, 1774.

An antique statue of Flora crowned with flowers, from Hadrian's villa at Tivoli. Etching by F. Piranesi, 1784, after L. Corazzari.

Actors in confrontation at a gate. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Pharmaceutical bill-head of Injection Brou: the head of Hippocrates, a couple in a forest and ballet dancers. Etching, 186-.

Two species of goosefoot plant (Chenopodium species): flowering stems. Coloured lithograph by W. G. Smith, c. 1863, after himself.

Holy Land (Palestine): a monk and other people praying in a church. Colour lithograph by C. Werner, 1863.

Saint John the Baptist. Colour lithograph by A. Pralon after H. Memlinc.

A pear plant (Pyrus communis): flowering and fruiting stems. Coloured zincograph by C. Chabot, c. 1876, after W. Fitch.

The eye, as seen through a microscope: three figures. Colour lithograph after R. Liebreich, ca. 1860.

Actors in a garden outside a house. Colour woodcut by Kunikazu, early 1860s.

Christ's Hospital, London: the exterior, seen from Newgate Street. Engraving.

The physiognotype for recording facial profiles, and a cross section showing the impression of the features. Wood engraving with letterpress, 1837.

The circulatory system: dissections of the arm and hand, with the arteries indicated in red and surgical instruments shown below. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.

The circulatory system: dissection of the neck and thorax, with the arteries indicated in red and the veins in blue. Coloured lithograph by J. Maclise, 1841/1844.

William Cheselden giving an anatomical demonstration to six spectators in the anatomy-theatre of the Barber-Surgeons' Company, London. Oil painting, ca. 1730/1740.

Skeleton and shell of a turtle, seen from below. Line engraving by Mutlow (?) after S. Edwards (?), 1809.

A pregnant woman with the left side of her upper body and viscera exposed, her left arm raised above her head. Colour mezzotint by J.F. Gautier d'Agoty, 1759.

Muscles, tendons and bones of the hand: three figures. Lithograph by N.H Jacob, 1831/1854.

Robert Knox lecturing on the anatomy of the pig. Coloured lithograph.

The seated skeleton of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Male skeleton, front view, with right hand raised to its face. Pen and ink drawing with sepia wash, by H. Goodall, 1860/1870.

The pelvis, front view: two studies, showing the bones and ligaments of the right-hand side of the pelvis. Pencil and black chalk drawing, with bodycolour, 1840/1880?.

An écorché figure seen from the back, holding a length of rope. Engraving by G. Bonasone, 155-.

Dissection of the pelvis and abdomen of a man, showing the arteries, blood vessels, muscles and internal organs: side view. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1866.

Dissection of the back of the thigh, showing the muscles, tendons, blood vessels and arteries. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1867.

Dissection of the pelvis of a man, showing the arteries, blood vessels, muscles and internal organs: side view. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1866.

A dislocated femur bone: dissection of the thigh, showing the bone and surrounding muscles. Coloured stipple engraving by Debray after Bion, ca. 1870?.

Muscles of the arm and hand: five écorché figures. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Skeleton of a horse: side view. Etching by J. Barlow, 1802.

The écorché figure of Laocoön, wrestling with a snake. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, 1882.

Skeletons of various fish: five figures, illustrating the skeletons of a sturgeon, a carp, a perch, a dogfish and a common eel. Line engraving, 1830/1870?.

A standing écorché, holding a discus. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, ca. 1882.

An anatomy theatre with statues of the anatomists Vesalius and Spigelius; a corpse on a table in the background. Engraving, 1672.

Muscles of the leg and foot: four écorché figures. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

A standing skeleton, holding a discus. Pencil drawing by C.H.M. Kerr, ca. 1882.

Dissection of the skull, showing the eyes with attached nerves and muscles. Colour lithograph by G.H. Ford, 1864.

Tooth of an Asian elephant. Lithograph, 1850/1900?.

Muscles and bones of the trunk: five écorché figures showing front and back views of the torso. Watercolour by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Muscles of the trunk: four figures, including the ribcage and shoulder. Pencil drawing by A. Mongrédien, ca. 1880.

Dissection of the male abdomen: two figures. Lithograph by G. Scharf, after J. Van Rymsdyk, 1820/1840?.