Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8701
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Dugong tongue
Date
1820
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 287mm
width (painting): 222mm
width (painting): 222mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 27 figure 2 from the paper "Particulars respecting the anatomy of the Dugong, intended as a supplement to Sir T.S.Raffles account of that animal", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.110 (1820), pp.315-323. Study of the tongue in situ in the mouth of a dugong (Dugong dugon). 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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