Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8570
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"Vampyre bat [stomach]"
Date
1807
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 95mm
width (painting): 154mm
width (painting): 154mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 11, figure 2, 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. A longitudinal section of the stomach of a vampire bat. The work is inscribed above with plate details below "Vampyre Bat" Not signed. Attached to figures 1 and 3 by red sealing wax.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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