An anatomist, "Mr Le Professeur C...", dissecting a cadaver laid out on a trestle table, while a seated man looks on. Etching by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1869.

An anatomist, identified by an inscription below the etching only as "Mr Le Professeur C....", stands by a cadaver on a trestle table. He is wearing an apron and a top hat and holds a scalpel. In front of a door behind him sits a man, probably an assistant, who is also wearing an apron. From the table two buckets are suspended, in easy reach for the disposal of dissection waste. Between the legs of the cadaver is another waste receptacle, a transparent bowl