Antique Print-HUMAN FOOT-ANKLE-BONES-TENDON-LIGAMENT-Jacob-Bourgery-1831

Medium: Original crayon style lithograph with hand colouring on wove paper.

Sheet size: 32.3 x 43.5 cm (12.72 x 17.13 inch). Image size: 22.4 x 30 cm. (8.82 x 11.81 inch).

Condition: fair, given age. Foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

HUMAN FOOT-ANKLE-BONES-TENDON-LIGAMENT | PCOX-E8-14

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive original old antique print / plate originates from: ‘Traite complet de l’anatomie de l’homme, comprenant la medicine operatoire., volume 7′, by Jean Marc Bourgery, published in Paris by C.A. Delaunay, 1831-54. The detailed illustrations of anatomy and surgery in this work are considered unsurpassed! Each plate comes with the corresponding print index.

Biography artist: Author: Jean Baptiste Marc Bourgery (1797-1849). The artist who directed the massive program of prosection, and who was responsible for 512 of the spectacular illustrations, was Nicholas-Henri Jacob (1782-1871) a student of the neo-classical painter of the French Revolution, Jacques-Louis David.