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    Image number: RS.10239
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    A specimen of bat

    Date
    1721
    Creator
    T. Cole (British) , Engraver
    Object type
    Library reference
    29715
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 264mm
    width (print): 213mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Zoology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > bat
    Description
    Zoological studies of a bat “From Mr, Danderidge’s Cabinet”. Figures 1 rear view of the animal, with wings spread. Figure 2 front view.

    Plate 13 from the book A philosophical account of the works of nature, by Richard Bradley (London, 1721). The figures are represented as being on two pieces of paper pinned to the darkened background of the plate. Inscribed “Plate XIII. T.Cole sculp.“

    Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
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