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    Auditory structures in Balaena mysticetus [Bowhead whale]

    Date
    1811
    Creator
    William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (painting): 330mm
    width (painting): 230mm
    Subject
    Biology
       > Anatomy
    Biology
       > Zoology
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
    Description
    Plate 2 from the paper "An account of some peculiarities in the structure of the organ of hearing in the Balaena mysticetus of Linaeus", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.102 (1812), pp.83-89. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Signed lower left "Wm.Clift del.1811." Royal Society stamp verso.
    Object history
    An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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