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Horse Skeleton

1878
Thomas Eakins (American, 1844–1916)
Eakins's exploration of the physical structure of animals as well as humans was an important part of his work both as an artist and as a teacher. This is one of a series of plaster reliefs he made illustrating animals in various stages of dissection.

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