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Everything but the Stench

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Re: Everything but the Stench

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William Hunter's (of the world renowned Hunterian Collection of, among other things, many thousands of anatomical specimens) younger brother was one of her students.

1760s Paris means that she was also a contemporary of Honoré Fragonard whose bodyworlds-esque proto-plastinated mummifications can still be seen on display just outside of Paris today. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honoré_Fragonard https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musée_Fragonard_d%27Alfort