The Gravid Uterus
William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk, 1774
$191
Print check at 16 x 20 in: 151 dpi, good. Trimmed 5.3% to the shape of the print.
Shipping to a US address: $25.90 for this piece, from the print room in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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William Hunter's atlas of the pregnant human form is one of the most powerful works in all of medicine — Jan van Rymsdyk's drawings rendering the subject with a monumental, almost sculptural gravity, unsparing and reverent at once. Hunter's rule was absolute: draw only what is actually there, in this body, on this table — no idealizing, no composite. That discipline made the atlas a landmark of obstetrics and of art, and it is why the plates still hold. A serious, dignified object for the physician or midwife.
- Maker
- William Hunter, drawn by Jan van Rymsdyk
- Date
- 1774
- Medium of the original
- Plate
- Original held by
- Published Birmingham, 1774 · Wellcome Collection
- Credit
- Published Birmingham, 1774 · Wellcome Collection
- Rights
- Public domain, verified
- Catalogue number
- PA-00948
| Picture | 16 x 20 in |
|---|---|
| Outside size | 17.6 x 21.6 in |
| Depth | 0.9 in (22 mm) |
| Weight | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: shipped weight per size and frame]] |
| Hanging | [[REAL PROOF NEEDED: hanging hardware Prodigi fits to this frame]] |
| Material | Enhanced matte art paper, 200 gsm; acrylic glazing |
| Made in | Charlotte, North Carolina, by Prodigi |
Before a size goes on sale, the file is measured against it: pixels per inch at that size, how much of the picture a crop would lose, tone and sharpness. A size that fails is not offered, so there is nothing to choose wrong.
| Size | dpi | Grade | How it fits |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 x 10 in | 303 | Excellent | Trimmed 5.3% |
| 11 x 14 in | 220 | Excellent | Trimmed 3.6% |
| 12 x 16 in | 200 | Excellent | Trimmed 1% |
| 16 x 20 in | 151 | Good | Trimmed 5.3% |
| Size | Why |
|---|---|
| 8 x 12 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 12 x 18 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 16 x 24 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 18 x 24 in | 133 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 20 x 30 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 24 x 30 in | 101 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 24 x 36 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
| 30 x 40 in | 80 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 36 x 48 in | 66 dpi; a historical scan is never enlarged |
| 40 x 60 in | Wrong shape: a 12% crop |
- Scanned
- 2026-10-07
- Master file
- 2,424 x 3,200 px, srgb
- Tone
- Darks 61, lights 231 of 255; 0% clipped light, 0% clipped dark
- Colour
- 0% vivid
- Sharpness
- 131.88
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