Ovaries of a kangaroo
Date
1819
Creator
Franz Andreas Bauer (1758 - 1840, Austrian) , Microscopist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 291mm
width (painting): 234mm
width (painting): 234mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 16 from the paper "On the ova of the different tribes of Opossum and Ornithorhynchus", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.109 (1819), pp.234-240. The five figures show the ovaries and corpora lutea of young and old kangaroos. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left "Franz Bauer del." Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked "[J Wh]atman [1]804".
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Associated place
Credit
© The Royal Society
Image number
RS.8676