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Léon Tissier — Degree of Ossification of a Five-Month-Old Fetus (Degré d'ossification d'un Foetus de cinq mois)

Léon Tissier

Degree of Ossification of a Five-Month-Old Fetus (Degré d'ossification d'un Foetus de cinq mois)

1898

Combining scientific photography with hand-applied color, this medical study exemplifies the intersection of art and science in late 19th-century anatomical documentation.

Medium
Gelatin silver print with applied india ink or watercolor

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