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    Cerebellum of the Squalus maximus [Basking shark]

    Date
    1813
    Creator
    John Howship (1781 - 1841, British) , Surgeon
    Object type
    Archive reference number
    Material
    Dimensions
    height (painting): 197mm
    width (painting): 260mm
    Subject
    Content object
    nature
       > animal
          > fish
    Description
    Plate 19 from the paper "Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus, contained in a former paper; with observations on the structure of the branchial artery", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.103 (1813), pp.227-241. From an original specimen caught at Brighton and brought to London for dissection in December 1812. Side view of the cerebellum, tubercula quadrigemina and nerves of the brain. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed "J. Howship. delt." Royal Society stamp verso.
    Object history
    An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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