Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8629
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Fossilised Ichthyosaur paddle and scapula
Date
1816
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 220mm
width (painting): 327mm
width (painting): 327mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 15 figure 1 from the paper "Some farther account of the fossil remains of an animal, of which a description was given to the Society in 1814", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.106 (1816), pp.318-321. The painting is annotated lower left: "Scale. Half an inch to an inch. The bones of the Paw a dull black, or brown. Ribs bluish black. The Clay slate colour." Additionally, in pencil: "To be reduced to 3/4 of an inch to an inch." The fossil was in the possession of William Buckland and collected by Mary Anning. The painting 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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