Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8756
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Cat foetus and placenta
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 269mm
width (painting): 216mm
width (painting): 216mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 46 figure 1 from the paper "On the placenta", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.401-407. View of the foetus of a cat enclosed within its circular placenta. Outline pencil sketches of figures 2-3 from the same plate are visible to the right of the main image. With publication and plate details inscribed. 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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