Nath. Longbottom in St. Thomas's Street, Southwark, London sells skeletons of different sizes & both sexes, of good colour & accurately articulated; & packs them safe either for sea or land carriage : N.B. he also mounts for such gentlemen as have loose sets of bones : letters post-paid will be duly answered & orders punctually obeyed.

  • Longbottom, Nathaniel.
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[between 1700 and 1799?]
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Nath. Longbottom in St. Thomas's Street, Southwark, London sells skeletons of different sizes & both sexes, of good colour & accurately articulated; & packs them safe either for sea or land carriage : N.B. he also mounts for such gentlemen as have loose sets of bones : letters post-paid will be duly answered & orders punctually obeyed. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Trade card advertising Nathaniel Longbottom's skeletons, on sale from his shop in Southwark (to medical schools and students presumably). The card shows a skeleton to either side of the text, arms raised above it supporting the skeleton of a monkey. Assorted bones lie between their feet. Probably mid 18th century.

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London : Nath. Lonbottom, [between 1700 and 1799?]

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1 broadside : illustrations ; 7 x 10 cm

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    EPH/36/20

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