The Anatomist
An elderly surgeon leans over a bag of instruments on a table and holds a knife in his right hand. A girl seizes him by the arm and points behind her to his subject, a young man lying who has just awoken, throwing a sheet off and looking horrified. A notice is on the wall behind them, which reads, "A Course of Anatomical Lectures accompanied with Dissections will be delivered tommorrow Even[ing] by Professer Sawbone."
Artwork Details
- Title: The Anatomist
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
- Published in: London
- Date: March 12, 1811
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 14 × 9 13/16 in. (35.5 × 25 cm)
Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 7/16 in. (39 × 26.5 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1418
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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