Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.10240
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Human eggs and foetuses
Date
1721
Creator
T. Cole (British) , Engraver
Object type
Library reference
29715
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 264mm
width (print): 213mm
width (print): 213mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Studies of human eggs, with foetuses of two individuals. Figures 1 “The Eggs taken from the Ovary of a Woman; by Dr. Douglas.” Figure 2 “An Human Foetus before Quickening; taken from the Royal Society.” Figure 3 “An Human Foetus after Quickening; taken from the Royal Society.”
Plate 18 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 XVIII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Plate 18 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 XVIII. T.Cole sculp.“
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) English botanist and writer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1712.
Object history
Figures 2-3 on this plate are specimens from the Royal Society’s Repository.
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