Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8567
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"Elephant. Internal view"
Date
1807
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 230mm
width (painting): 355mm
width (painting): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 10, figure 1, from the paper "Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals...", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.97 (1807), pp.139-179. An elephant's stomach in section, to show internal structure, taken from a dried preparation. The work is inscribed above with plate details and below "Elephant. Internal View. 4 inches to a Foot." Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed upper right "Bristol Paper."
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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