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Displays	The Dissecting Room Remove from selection Add to selection Reproduction Object numberRCSSC/P 3275 CollectionSpecial collections CategoryVisual works Object nameEngravings (prints), genre scenes - medical education, Group portraits TitleThe Dissecting Room DescriptionPrint of ‘The Dissecting Room’ by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published by I C Wilson. A label on the backing board states that ‘Prior to 1941 this print hung in the old Dissecting Room on the Fifth Floor.’ Rowlandson's drawing has traditionally been associated with the dissecting room in William Hunter's anatomy school in Great Windmill Street. William Hunter is identifiable with wig and glasses in the upper left of the central group. Other putative identifications of individuals in the group, including William's brother John, are harder to verify. Although satirical in its intent, Rowlandson's drawing may also stand as a relatively accurate depiction of the kind of spaces used for private dissection classes, as opposed to anatomical lectures, in Georgian London. Publisher‎ Wilson Artist‎ Rowlandson, Thomas, 1757-1827, artist Physical Location LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions Physical Information Physical descriptionPrint, framed and glazed, 38cm by 51cm Copy of Rowlandson's print of Wm. Hunter's Dissecting / Room. (Prior to 1941 this print hung in the old / Dissecting Room on the Fifth Floor).

Reproduction

Object numberRCSSC/P 3275

Object nameEngravings (prints), genre scenes - medical education, Group portraits

TitleThe Dissecting Room

DescriptionPrint of ‘The Dissecting Room’ by Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), published by I C Wilson. A label on the backing board states that ‘Prior to 1941 this print hung in the old Dissecting Room on the Fifth Floor.’ Rowlandson's drawing has traditionally been associated with the dissecting room in William Hunter's anatomy school in Great Windmill Street. William Hunter is identifiable with wig and glasses in the upper left of the central group. Other putative identifications of individuals in the group, including William's brother John, are harder to verify. Although satirical in its intent, Rowlandson's drawing may also stand as a relatively accurate depiction of the kind of spaces used for private dissection classes, as opposed to anatomical lectures, in Georgian London.

Publisher‎

Wilson

Artist‎

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1757-1827, artist

Physical Location

LocationNot on public display: contact museum for access conditions

Physical Information

Physical descriptionPrint, framed and glazed, 38cm by 51cm

Copy of Rowlandson's print of Wm. Hunter's Dissecting / Room. (Prior to 1941 this print hung in the old / Dissecting Room on the Fifth Floor).