Anatomy theatre

William Combe (1742-1823)
A history of the University of Cambridge: its colleges, halls, and public buildings
London: Rudolph Ackermann, 1815

This print is one of very few pictorial representations we have of the interior of the University’s first Anatomy School in Queens’ Lane, itself adapted from a former playhouse and printing warehouse in 1716.

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