Dissection of a pregnant uterus, showing the foetus at nine months, with its head facing upwards. Copperplate engraving by Mechel after I.V. Rymsdyk, 1774, reprinted 1851.
- Rymsdyk, Jan van, active 1750-1788.
- Date:
- [1851]
- Reference:
- 579814i
- Part of:
- Anatomia uteri humani gravidi.
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Publication/Creation
[London] : [Printed for the Sydenham society], [1851] (London : Day & Son)
Physical description
1 print : engraving ; sheet 50.2 x 34.9 cm
Lettering
I.V. Rymsdyk delint. ; Mechel sculpt. ; A tertio cadavere, non graviditatis mense ... vasa uteri cera erant repleta
Bears numbers: Tab. XIII & Plate 13
Creator/production credits
The engraver "Mechel" may be the same as J. Mitchel (or Mitchell) whose name appears on the preceding plate (pl. XII). See John L. Thornton, Jan van Rymsdyk, Cambridge 1982, p. 32
Reference
Wellcome Collection 579814i
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Tab XIII
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