Print - Reproduction print of plate from 'Birth atlas', Maternity Center Association, 1943, Robert Latou Dickinson et al, Plate 11. Abdominal muscle drive pelvic floor thin, 1943

Historical information

A series of six prints showing various stages of labour, donated to the College in 1999. This print was used in the antenatal clinic of St George's Hospital, Kew, Victoria.

Physical description

Black and white reproduction print of a plate from a book, enclosed in a wooden frame. Text at the top of the print reads 'ABDOMINAL MUSCLE DRIVE PELVIC FLOOR THIN PLATE 11'. The plate depicts a detailed cross section image of a baby in the womb.
Label attached to back of work reads: 'Robert Latou DICKINSON and Abram BELSKI/ Plate 11. Abdominal muscle drive pelvic floor thin/From: Birth atlas: reproduction of twenty-four life size sculptures of fertilization, growth,/stages of labour and involution./New York: Maternity Center Association, 1943. 6th ed./Gift of St Georges Hospital, Kew, 2000'.

Inscriptions & markings

ABDOMINAL MUSCLE DRIVE PELVIC FLOOR THIN PLATE 11

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