Matted Antique (c.1897) Anatomy Print, Plate XXXVI: The Forearm Flexed This great patch comes from

This great patch comes from the French Air Force and features a skeleton or grim reaper running with a scythe in hand

Please note that the glass tray also has some minor scratching

The backs of the bookends are marked "Pat Pend" (Patent Pending) and there is an artist's signature that I can't quite make out on the bottom

There is a heavy patina throughout that adds to its immense character

and could be even better when cleaned up and repainted

Matted Antique (c.1897) Anatomy Print, Plate XXXVI: The Forearm Flexed This great patch comes fromPLATE XXXVI: Figure 1. The Forearm Flexed, and in a position midway between Pronation and Supination. The Extensors have been cut away from the External Condyle of the Humerus. Figure 2. Same position of the Arm as in Figure 1. The Extensor Muscles have been preserved intact, excepting the Ext. Communis Digit and Ext. Indicis, which have been cut away. This anatomy plate print was taken directly from the 19th century book Henke's Atlas of Surgical