Print Description
Medium: Original crayon style lithograph with hand colouring on wove paper.
Sheet size: 31 x 42.5 cm (12.2 x 16.73 inch). Image size: 26.5 x 40 cm. (10.43 x 15.75 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Light foxing. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
SURGERY-ABDOMEN-ASCITES-TAPPING-PROCEDURE | PCOX-E8-20
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.
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