Conjoined twins and insect cartridges
Date
1670
Creator
Unknown, Engraver
Creator - Organisation
The Royal Society, Publisher
Object type
Article identifier
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (page): 213mm
width (page): 150mm
width (page): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
8 figures to issue 65 of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Figure I. Study of a pair of conjoined twins lying on a bed with a large pillow.
Figure II-VIII. Detail depictions of insect cartridges made of leaf.
Figure I. Illustration to ‘A narrative of a monstrous birth in Plymouth, Octob. 22. 1670; together with the anatomical observations, taken thereupon by William Durston Doctor in Physick, and communicated to Dr. Tim. Clerk.’, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5. Issue 65 (14 November 1670). The original letter describing the twins was sent by William Durston to Timothy Clarke on 28 October 1670 and can be found in The Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/D1/15. Recorded in the Letter Book of the Royal Society LBO/4/38 and copied into the Letter Book Copy LBC/4/130a.
Figure II-VIII. Illustrations to ‘Extract of two letters, written by Francis Willoughby Esquire […] containing his observations on the insects and cartrages’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5. Issue 65 (14 November 1670). Original letters describing the cartridges first read at a meeting of the Royal Society on 27 October 1670, recorded in Letter Book Original LBO/4/24, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/4/62a.
Figure I. Study of a pair of conjoined twins lying on a bed with a large pillow.
Figure II-VIII. Detail depictions of insect cartridges made of leaf.
Figure I. Illustration to ‘A narrative of a monstrous birth in Plymouth, Octob. 22. 1670; together with the anatomical observations, taken thereupon by William Durston Doctor in Physick, and communicated to Dr. Tim. Clerk.’, in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5. Issue 65 (14 November 1670). The original letter describing the twins was sent by William Durston to Timothy Clarke on 28 October 1670 and can be found in The Early Letters of the Royal Society EL/D1/15. Recorded in the Letter Book of the Royal Society LBO/4/38 and copied into the Letter Book Copy LBC/4/130a.
Figure II-VIII. Illustrations to ‘Extract of two letters, written by Francis Willoughby Esquire […] containing his observations on the insects and cartrages’ in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 5. Issue 65 (14 November 1670). Original letters describing the cartridges first read at a meeting of the Royal Society on 27 October 1670, recorded in Letter Book Original LBO/4/24, and copied into Letter Book Copy LBC/4/62a.
Related fellows
Francis Willughby (1635 - 1672, British) , Ornithologist
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