John Knapton and Paul Knapton, Plate 5: External muscles of a body (back), 1749.
565 mm x 401 mm. © Photo: Royal Academy of Arts, London. Photographer: Prudence Cuming Associates Limited.
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Plate 5: External muscles of a body (back), 1749
John Knapton (b. 1696) and Paul Knapton (ca. 1703 - 1755)
RA Collection: Art
565 mm x 401 mm
Bernardi Siegfried Albini Tabulae Sceleti Et Musculorum Corporis Humani. - Londini:: [1749]
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