Ecorche drawing of the head of a dog
1816
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1816
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
This drawing shows a dog’s head stripped of skin, made for anatomy study. Thomas Landseer studied under Benjamin Haydon, who taught human and animal dissection. His classes used animal bodies because human corpses were hard to get. Landseer made this during a lesson led by surgeon Sir Charles Bell in London. The sheet is signed “Bell’s,” showing it came straight from Bell’s anatomy rooms. Only three such drawings survive from that day. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum.
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