Fetal Skeleton Separated and Mounted

Fetal Skeleton Separated and Mounted

Osteological Preparation

Subadult

Found in Collections

Vasseur

Embryonic and Fetal Development

human remains

This blue box contains the separated and mounted skeleton of a fetus enclosed behind glass. The manufacturer label is inscribed:
VASSEUR
NATURALISTE, PREPARATEUR
d'Osteologie
?
Rue de la Sorbonne No.18
PARIS

Fetal skeleton separated and mounted in a box with a glass lid. Vasseur label adhered to the underside of box.

Pierre Nicolas Vasseur

19th-century, mid

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Warren Anatomical Museum (TEMP00306)

Mon Vasseur et Tramond. Catalogue d'ostéologie anatomique et d'anatomie humaine: Préparations naturelles et artificielles. Paris; 1886. https://doi.org/10.3931/e-rara-84399

image

osteological preparation, human

physical object

WAM TEMP00306

Gillot, Jean-Bernard. “Catalogue Automne 2016.” Librairie Alain Brieux. Paris. 37-38. https://static.magiemailing.com/84/8/catalogue2016-alainbrieux.pdf

This display was prepared and sold by Pierre Nicolas Vasseur (1814-1885) of Paris in the mid 19th-century. The label inscription only naming Vasseur indicates that this display was most created before some point before 1870 when initial partnership with Pierre Jean Martin Gustave Trammond (1845-1905) was documented.

Many affluent American physicians would travel to Paris to receive elite medical training. The original purchaser of this artifact is unknown.

35 W x 45 D x 7 H cm