Rhinoceros skull
Date
1821
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 224mm
width (painting): 338mm
width (painting): 338mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 2 figure 1 from the paper "On a new species of Rhinoceros found in the interior of Africa, the skull of which bears a close resemblance to that found in a fossil state in Siberia and other countries", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.38-45. This specimen [of white rhinoceros?] was brought from Africa by John Campbell (1766-1840) of the London Missionary Society and deposited in their Museum in Old Jewry. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Variously annotated, above in pencil "NB A x B to be on the same plate" and lower left in ink "2 inches to a Foot" followed in pencil by "Reduce it to 1 1/2 In to a foot". Signed lower right "W. Clift del Aug 27. 1821.". Royal Society stamp verso.
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.8708