| Description Of Item | Coloured obstetrical painting with cross hatching depicting a foetus during a delivery with forceps when the face is presenting but delivery has been delayed due to the large size of the head or the narrowness of the pelvis. The painting represents a lateral view and was done by Petrus Camper for William Smellie's 'A Sett of Anatomical Tables' (1754). It is signed Camper of Londinus 1752. |