Muscles which lie at the back of the Pel…

Lithograph from the first edition of A Series of Anatomical Plates.., important c.19th anatomical series which pre-dated Gray’s Anatomy.

From: Quain & Wilson, A Series of Anatomical Plates, comprising: The Muscles of the Human Body. – The Vessels of the Human Body. – The Nerves of the Human Body. – The Viscera of the Human Body. – The Bones and Ligaments of the Human Body. London: Taylor and Walton, 1836- 1842.

References:
Choulant, L. & Mortimer, F. History and Bibliography of Anatomic Illustration. 1994 Cambridge, MA: p. 404.
McHenry, L. Garrison’s History of Neurology. 1969: 158.
Roberts, K. & Tomlinson, J. The fabric of the body : European traditions of anatomical illustration. Oxford 1992: pp. 559-60.