Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8716
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Goose eye
Date
1821
Creator
Franz Andreas Bauer (1758 - 1840, Austrian) , Microscopist
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 254mm
width (painting): 177mm
width (painting): 177mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 11 from the Croonian Lecture paper "On the anatomical structure of the eye; illustrated by microscopical drawings, executed by F.Bauer, Esq.", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.76-85. Five figures showing internal details of a goose eye under magnification, including details of the retina, lens and choroid membrane. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left "Franz Bauer del." Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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