Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8696
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Nasal bones of the Proteosaurus [Ichthyosaur]
Date
1820
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (painting): 278mm
width (painting): 214mm
width (painting): 214mm
Subject
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Description
Plate 16 from the paper "On the mode of formation of the canal for containing the spinal marrow, and on the form of the fins (if they deserve that name) of the Proteosaurus", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.110 (1820), pp.159-164. Transverse section through the nasal bones of an Ichthyosaur, collected by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis. The work is inscribed 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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