Art, Symbol & Imagination
Muscles of the Head and Neck
Three views show the head and neck with the surface muscles exposed. Fine hatching distinguishes the overlapping forms while small numbers identify their positions. The plate compares frontal and profile structures for the artist studying the human head.
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Illustrator not identified. "Muscles of the Head and Neck" [editorial title]. In Anatomy in Art, Jonathan Scott Hartley. 1891 edition, 1891, Press of Styles & Cash. Source scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0211-0043
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Illustrator not identified. Muscles of the Head and Neck. Anatomy in Art. Scan leaf 58. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/gallery-20261108-0211-0043