Historical information
A series of six prints showing various stages of labour, donated to the College in 1999. 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 'BIRTH OF SHOULDERS ROTATION PLATE 13'. 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 13. Birth of shoulders rotation/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
BIRTH OF SHOULDERS ROTATION PLATE 13