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Image number: RS.8705
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Dugong sexual organs
Date
1820
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (painting): 286mm
width (painting): 223mm
width (painting): 223mm
Subject
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Description
Plate 30 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. Penis of an eight foot long male dungong (figure 1); vagina and uterus of a four foot six inches long female dungong (figure 2). The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked "W Turner & Son".
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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