#clorion

Principal external muscles of the body (Labels modernised)

1. Triceps brachii 2. Deltoid 3. Rotundus major 4. Latissimus dorsi 5. Pectoralis major 6. External oblique 7. Rectus abdominus 8. Sartorius 9. Rector femoris 10. Vastus lateralis 11. Vastus medialis 12. Gastrocnemius 13. Soleus

Bones and Muscles of the Thigh and Leg

“Clorion” appears to have been Martha Chase Owen, the wife of Richard Owen, who was the son of the founder of the settlement of Harmonie/New Harmony, Indiana. She first arrived in the settlement with her first husband, Dr. Thomas Chase, who was an artist and a chemist.

After a year of turmoil and being turned out of her own house, Dr. Chase confronted his wife’s friend Richard Owen, who’d been walking around town with Martha....

Internal and Secondary Muscles of the Torso and Abdomen

Mrs. Martha Chase Owen, under the pseudonym Clorion, appears to have completed her anatomical illustrations based upon the publication “The Medical Adviser and Domestic Physician,” but no copies of that publication or journal have survived to modern times.

Discovering her true identity was difficult due to the number of skilled artists in the “utopian” society of New Harmony, Indiana, but academics including documents examiner Stephen McKasson and historian Linda Warrum have produced evidence showing the evidence of her penmanship and style on every page of remaining illustrations.

Read more in The Chase for Clorion, Indiana Magazine of History, Volume 109, Issue 2, pp 147-160.

Bones and muscles of the thigh and leg

For decades, the illustrations of “Clorion” had no definitive artist. Many accomplished medical artists had resided in New Harmony/Harmonie, Indiana, during the period where the illustrations were made, but it was unclear who had truly authored them.

However, after more than 1.5 centuries, we may know the answer to the mystery.

Bones of the torso and chest.