Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8578
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Vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor
Date
1812
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (painting): 274mm
width (painting): 192mm
width (painting): 192mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 6 from the paper "Observations intended to show that the progressive motion of snakes is partly performed by means of the ribs", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.102 (1812), pp.163-168. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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