Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8742
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Ovum of a hen and egg yolks
Date
1822
Creator
Franz Andreas Bauer (1758 - 1840, Austrian) , Microscopist
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 254mm
width (painting): 176mm
width (painting): 176mm
Subject
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Description
Plate 32 from the paper "Observations on the changes the egg undergoes during incubation in the common fowl", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.339-356. Twelve figures showing the ovum of a hen "that had been laying for some time" with magnified views of the yolk of an egg and views of the egg, including in the oviduct and newly-laid. With details of publication and plate details inscribed. Signed lower left "Franz Bauer". Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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