Seal skull
Date
1803
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 194mm
width (painting): 319mm
width (painting): 319mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 27 from the paper "On the difference in the appearence of the teeth and the shape of the skull in different species of seals", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.239-240. Side view of the skull of a seal "from the South Seas" in the collections of the British Museum. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left "Willm. Clift delin 1803". 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.8737