| Description Of Item | 12 obstetrical paintings of foetuses in the womb during labour, some of which are being delivered using forceps. All of the plates were done for William Smellie's 'A Sett of Anatomical Tables' (1754) although plate XIV does not appear in that work. Plate XVIII of a forceps delivery is fully captioned in Latin. Camper signs and dates the drawings 'Londini' (at London). The plates are numbered XIV, XVI, XVII, XVIII, XIX, XXIV, XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII, XXXIV and XXXVI. |