Skull Collection (page 12)

Skull of Piltdown Man (Eanothropus daswoni), 1912. This supposed fossil was discovered near Lewes, Sussex, in 1912 by Charles Dawson, a local solicitor and amateur archaeologist

Model of the skull of Piltdown Man (Eanothropus dawsoni), 1914. Artist: Dr Smith Woodward
Model of the skull of Piltdown Man (Eanothropus dawsoni), 1914. Model as reconstructed by Dr Smith Woodward. Dark areas are from the original fossil, the light are the restored areas

Rudolph Virchow, German pathologist, 1902. Virchow (1829-1902) specialised in cellular pathology. He was also a Liberal member of the Reichstag and an opponent of Bismarck

Comparison of Germanic and African skulls, early 19th century. 1: Germanic skull with all the marks of a European head. 2: African skull

Skull covered in turquoise mosaic, Mixtec, southern Mexico, 1400-1521

The Arms of Death, 1538. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Arms of Death, 1538. From Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death) by Hans Holbein the Younger

The Pope visited by Death, 1538. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Pope visited by Death, 1538. From Les Simulachres de la Mort (Dance of Death) by Hans Holbein the Younger

The Wheel of Life, Tibet, 19th-20th century. A buddhist deity wearing a skull headdress holds a wheel containing scenes from the cycle of life and death

Late 16th century anatomy theatre, Jacques de Gehyn the Elder, 1633. Artist: Jacques de Gehyn the Elder
Late 16th century anatomy theatre by Jacques de Gehyn the Elder, 1633. From Dutch translation by Vopiscus Plemp of Barthelemy Cabrol Anatomical Alphabet, Amsterdam, 1633. Engraving

View of wound in skull after trephination and removal of shattered bone piece at bottom left, 1821
View of wound in skull after trephination and removal of shattered bone piece at bottom left. From Charles Bell The Great Operations of Surgery London, 1821

Nicholas Culpepper (1616-54) English physician, herbalist and astrologer Frontispiece from his School of Physickshowing him with hand on a skull and with blank horoscope chart. Copperplate engraving

The Ambassadors, 1533. Artist: Hans Holbein the Younger
The Ambassadors, 1533. Double portrait by Hans Holbein (1497-1543) of Jean de Dinteville and Georges de Selve. In the foreground is a distorted skull, representing mortality

A Legend of Camelot - Part 3, 1866. Artist: George du Maurier
A Legend of Camelot - Part 3, 1866. A woman emerges from a small brick building in the centre of the pond, and walks across a drawbridge. She holds a comb and mirror and has masses of curly hair

Skull in profile to right, 1645. Creator: Wenceslaus Hollar
Skull in profile to right, 1645

Sectioned skull in profile to left with the left side of the cranium removed, 1651

Portrait of Joannes Neyen, General of the Order of Franciscan Friars, Ambassador in Trier, 1608

Mary Magdalen. n. d. Creator: Jan Wierix
Mary Magdalen.n.d

St. Jerome in a Landscape, 1762-63. Creator: Jean Jacques Lagrenee
St. Jerome in a Landscape, 1762-63

The Witches, 1510. Creator: Hans Baldung
The Witches, 1510

St. Francis, ca. 1612-13. Creator: Willem Pietersz. Buytewech
St. Francis, ca. 1612-13

Saint Jerome, . n. d. n. d Creator: Pieter de Jode
Saint Jerome, .n.d

William Shakespeare, 1876. Creator: Charles William Sherborn
William Shakespeare, 1876

(Untitled), 19th century. Creator: Ando Hiroshige
(Untitled), 19th century

Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513. 1513. Creator: Albrecht Durer
Knight, Death, and the Devil, 1513

Witches, 1514, (1943). Creator: Hans Baldung
Witches, 1514, (1943). There was strong interest in witchcraft in the German-speaking countries at the beginning of the sixteenth century

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