Richard Neave
{{for|the 18th century baronet|Sir Richard Neave, 1st Baronet}}
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Richard Neave (born c 1936){{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/games-people-play-richard-neave-61-medical-artist-1146002.html|title=Games People Play: Richard Neave, 61, medical artist|work=The Independent}} is a British expert in forensic facial reconstruction.
Neave became an expert in anatomical art and was on the staff of the Unit of Art in Medicine at the University of Manchester.
He has used his skill in recreating faces from skulls in police forensic work and in producing images of historical figures. One of his reconstructions was of a bog body known as Yde Girl.{{cite book | last1 = Prag | first1 = John | last2 = Neave | first2 = Richard | title = Making faces: using forensic and archaeological evidence |trans-title=Bodies from the Bog | year = 1997 | publisher = British Museum | location = London | isbn = 0-7141-1743-9 | pages = 157–171 }} In 1998, a murder investigation resulted in a successful prosecution as a result of Neave's work.{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/133472.stm|title=BBC News - UK - Murderer caught by artist's skill}} Neave's archaeological reconstructions include Philip II of Macedon[http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/Reconstruction/philip.html Reconstruction of the face of Philip II by Richard Neave] and Midas.[http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/reconstruction/midas.html "Reconstruction of King Midas" Reconstruction of "King Midas" by Richard Neave] In 2001, the television programme Son of God used one of three first-century Jewish skulls from a leading department of forensic science in Israel to depict Jesus in a new way. Neave constructed a face using forensic anthropology which suggested that Jesus would have had a broad face and large nose, and differed significantly from the traditional depictions of Jesus in Renaissance art.{{cite web|last=Fillon|first=Mike|title=The Real Face of Jesus|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/forensics/1282186|publisher=Popular Mechanics|access-date=15 March 2012}}
Notable works
- Jesus, founder of Christianity, c. 4 BC£ {{Cite news|url=http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/a234/1282186/|title=The Real Face Of Jesus|date=2015-01-23|work=Popular Mechanics|access-date=2017-04-25|language=en}}
- Karen Price, Welsh murder victim (also known as "Little Miss Nobody"){{cite web|last=Balkan Stromatological Society|title=Balkan Journal of Stromatology|url=http://www.e-bass.org/journal/2007v11/2007v11i2%20complete.pdf|access-date=16 March 2012|pages=73}}
- Lindow Man, bog body from England, c. 2 BCE{{cite web|title=Lindow Man: what did he look like?|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/l/what_did_lindow_man_look_like.aspx|publisher=British Museum}}{{cite web|title=indow Man: What Did He Look Like?|url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/article_index/l/what_did_lindow_man_look_like.aspx|publisher=British Museum|author=Trustees of the British Museum}}
- Mary Rose skulls, c. 1545{{cite web|url=http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/maryrose.html|title=RN-DS Partnership - Practitioners in photocomparison, archaeological facial reconstruction and medical/medico-legal artwork}}
- Nesyamun, Egyptian mummy, c. 1100 BCE{{citation needed|date=December 2016}}
- King Midas, c. 2000 BCE{{cite web|title=King Midas|url=http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/Reconstruction/midas.html|publisher=RN-DS Partnership|access-date=14 March 2012|author=Richard Neave|author2=Denise Smith }}
- Philip II of Macedon, c. 400 BCE{{cite web|title=King Philip II of Macedon|url=http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/Reconstruction/philip.html|publisher=RN-DS Partnership|access-date=16 March 2012|author=Richard Neave|author2=Denise Smith }}
- Sensaos, Egyptian maiden c. 109 CE{{cite web|title=Sensaos: Encounter the Girl in the Mummy|url=http://www.lancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(05)79177-7/fulltext|access-date=15 March 2012|date=18 April 1998}}{{subscription required}}
- Yde Girl, bog body from the Netherlands, c. 54 BCE{{cite web|title=The Yde Girl|url=http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/Reconstruction/yde.html|publisher=RN-DS Partnership|access-date=14 March 2012|author=Richard Neave|author2=Denise Smith|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120210182709/http://www.rn-ds-partnership.com/Reconstruction/yde.html|archive-date=10 February 2012}}
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