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Image number: RS.8707
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Dugong pelvic bones
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 31 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. Pelvic bones of a female dugong. 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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