Red chalk drawings by Jan van Rymsdyk for William Hunter Gravid Uterus London: 1764 MS Hunter 658 (Az.1.4)

            Published in 1774, William Hunter's The Anatomy of the human gravid uterus was the most famous and influential obstetrical atlas of its day. It represented the product of a quarter of a century of Hunter's work. Concerned with presenting this anatomical work accurately, the best artists were employed for its illustrations. The book owes much to the skill of the draughtmanship of the renowned Netherlandish artist Jan van Rymsdyk who was responsible for most of the original drawings, from which engravings were made for the book's thirty-four plates. This serene drawing in red chalk, dated 1764 by Rymsdyk, shows the foetus in the womb. All the drawings were made from dissections of women who died before birth; this example was from a subject who was eight months pregnant.
   

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