Model of a pregnant woman by Jules Talrich
Paris, undated (late 19th century)
The Roca Collection includes a number of waxes made by Jules
Talrich (1826-1904), the son of a French physician who became a
celebrated anatomical model maker. Talrich took over his father's
business making models in wax, plaster and other materials, and
later became the official model maker for the Faculty of Medicine
in Paris. He established an anatomical museum in the Rue Rougemont
and supplied models to the museum established by Doctor Spitzner
and the Grand Panopticum de l'Univers.