Skeleton Collection (page 9)

L Avarice, (Jealousy) c1900-1920 (1924). Artist: Marcel Roux
L Avarice, (Jealousy) c1900-1920 (1924). A print from A History of French Etching from the 16th Century to the Present Day, by F L Leipnik, John Lane the Bodley Head Limited, London, 1924

Mary, Queen of Scots, (1735). Artist: George Vertue
Mary, Queen of Scots, (1735). The Catholic Mary I of Scotland (Mary Stuart, (1542-1587), was executed by order of Elizabeth I

Sterne and Death. 1768. Artist: Thomas Patch
Sterne and Death. 1768. Portrait of Irish-born author and clergyman Laurence Sterne (1713-1768) who is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

Death and the Jew, an episode from the Dance of Death, 1441, (1870). Taken from a painting in the Cemetery of the Dominicans, Basle

The plague: flight to the country, 1630, (1910). A 19th-century depicition of the transition stage of costume: the doublet reaching to mid-thigh, sometimes flared from the hips down

Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Artist: William Hogarth
Illustration from the poem Hudibras, by Samuel Butler, 1726. Hudibras is a satrical poem about the various factions involved in the English Civil War

Delivered by death!, 1896. Artist: Frederic Lix
Delivered by death!, 1896. A soldier delivered by Death from a crowd of men pursuing him for money. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 26th January 1896

Base of the skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Three types of human skull, 1848. Comparison of a Negro (native of Kongo), Chilamache native American (from Louisiana), and Chinese (from Canton)

Ancient Cimbrian, Esthonian Finn, Lappe, 1848. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Human and orang-utan skulls, 1848. Illustrations of the base of the skull. An engraving from the Natural History of Man, by James Cowles Prichard, (Hippolyte Bailliere, London, third edition, 1848)

Lateral view of the skull or profile, 1848. Comparison of the skulls of European and African humans with those of the chimpanzee and orang-utan

The vertical configuration of the skull, 1848. Comparison of Caucasian, Mongole, Negro and Titicacan skulls. During the 19th century

The Arrival of Death, c1485-1529. Artist: Jan Provoost
The Arrival of Death, c1485-1529

Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. Artist: Frederic Lix
Illustration for Louis Henri Boussenard and Henri Makins book Orphelin, 1894. From Le Petit Journal, 14th May 1894

Virgin and child and a human skeleton, 1678. Artist: Athanasius Kircher
Virgin and child and a human skeleton, 1678. A print from Mundus subterraneus, by Athanasius Kircher, Amsterdam, 1678. Kircher

And still they don t go!, 1799. Artist: Francisco Goya
And still they don t go!, 1799. Plate 59 of Los caprichos. Los Caprichos were published in 1799 at a time of social repression

Diligence, c1850-1890. Artist: Stanislas Lepine
Diligence, 20th Century. c1850-1890. Although generally not considered an Impressionist painter, Stanislas participated in the first Impressionist exhibition held in 1874

Richard Owen, British naturalist, c1856 (1891). After qualifying and practising as a surgeon, Owen (1804-1892) made major contributions in the fields of anatomy and paleontology

Woman in tomb at Thebes. Artist: Wilkinson
Woman in tomb at Thebes

Photograph of mummies, 1860

Famine in the Middle Ages, (19th century). A starving family kills a dog for food. Card from a series produced by the chocolate factory at the Monastery of Aiguebelle

Homology (of commmon descent), c1920. A: Fore-limb of a monkey. B: Fore-limb of a whale. Although different at first sight, they have similar architecture

Evolution of the horse, c1920. Diagram of seven stages in the development of hind and forelimbs: 1, 1A Eohippus; 2, 2A Orohippus; 3, 3A Mesohippus; 4, 4A Hypohippus; 5, 5A Merychippus; 6

Skeleton of Megatherium, extinct giant ground sloth, 1823. Megatherium was a prehistoric herbivore that lived in South America. This specimen was found in Paraguay in c1796

Woolly mammoth (Mammuthus) skeleton, 1830. An extinct genus of elephant from the Pleistocene epoch (2, 500, 000 to 10, 000 years ago) found in fossil deposits and in northern Europe as 30

Dream Lead Mine, near Wirksworth, Derbyshire, 1881. Sectional view showing the workings and the position in which a skeleton of a rhinoceros was discovered

Discovery of iguanodon fossils, Bernissart, Belgium, 1878 (c1880). 39 skeletons of the herbivorous dinosaur were discovered in a coal mine by Jules Creteur and his workmates

X-raying the hand, 1924. An X-ray tube and an X-ray photograph of a hand, with the bones and a wristwatch and ring clearly visible. Cigarette card

Death triumphant, 1493. From Liber chronicarum mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle), by Hartmann Schedel. The depiction of the skeletons is anatomically inaccurate, especially the bones of the pelvis

Viking Burial of Man with Axe, Spear, Sword, Knives, Shield and Belt Buckle, 9th-10th century. Norway: Reconstruction of a burial

The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Roman Emperor Domitian, 14th-15th century. Artist: Master Bertram of Hamburg
The Fourth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Roman Emperor Domitian, 14th-15th century. Panel Ii from Altarpiece of the Apocalypse. (Rev. c16 v7-8)

Medieval burial site, Ebor Brewery, York, 20th century. Artist: CM Dixon
Medieval burial site, Ebor Brewery, York, 20th century. Roman occupation found to date from the 2nd century onwards on Ebor Brewery, within the city walls

Paleolithic ritual burial of a woman
The burial of a 25-30 year old woman from St. Germain-le-Ridiere, France. The skull has red ochre markings, suggesting a ritual burial

Primitive Horse Fossil, Propaleotherium Messelense

Labyrinthodontier fossil, of the amphibian Actenodon Latirostris, from the lower Permian

Late Minoan burial in a Bath Tub Sarcophagus, 11th century BC
Late Minoan burial in a Bath Tub Sarcophagus, in the Archaeological Museum in Heracleion, 11th century BC

Fossil skeleton of a sabre-toothed tiger (Smilodon Neogaeus Lund) from Rio Araco, Argentina

Fossil skeleton of a Pteradactyl, from the British Museums collection

Roman mosaic of a skeleton, 1st century
Roman mosaic of a skeleton, from Pompeii. From the National Museums collection in Naples, 1st century

Japanese Netsuke of a skeleton playing a drum, 18th century
Japanese Netsuke of a skeleton playing a drum, from the V&As collection, 18th century

Early Egyptian burial known as Ginger
Early Egyptian burial, showing natural mummification due to the dryness of the soil. Now in the British Museums collection, and commonly known as Ginger

An Iron Age womans grave from Denmark, 3rd century BC
A womans grave from Himlingoeje, Denmark. In her mouth is a little piece of gold - Charons Penny - and the large silver fibula bears an inscription, Widuhudar which may be a name, 3rd century BC

Iron Age British Female Chariot Burial
A British Iron Age chariot burial at Arras Barrow cemetery in the Yorkshire Wolds. The skeleton of a woman of high rank c. 35-40 years old, with an iron mirror and harness trappings of bronze

Fossil Horse
A fossil horse from Messel, Germany

Rubane Culture Neolithic Burial
A Rubane culture Neolithic burial at Cye-la-Commune, France

Mammoth skeleton, 1823. Skeleton of a mammoth discovered in 1817 by Dr Mitchell of New York at Goschen, Orange County and later assembled in the Philadelphia Museum

Giant mastodon skeleton, 1830. Skeleton of a giant mastodon excavated by Wilson Peale of Philadelphia at Newburgh on the Hudson River in 1801

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