Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8571
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"English long-eared bat [stomach]..."
Date
1807
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 90mm
width (painting): 111mm
width (painting): 111mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 11, figure 3, 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 study of the stomach of the long-eared bat inverted to show internal surface. The work is inscribed with plate details and below "English Long-eared Bat. Vespertilio Auritus" Not signed. Attached to figure 2 by red sealing wax.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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