Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8758
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Hedgehog foetus and placenta
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 264mm
width (painting): 217mm
width (painting): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 47 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 a hedgehog foetus and placenta. 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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