Deer, sheep and goat placenta details
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 279mm
width (painting): 216mm
width (painting): 216mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 48 figures 3-5 from the paper "On the placenta", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.401-407. Views of the "terminating vessels" of the placenta of deer [figure 3], sheep [figure 4] and goat [figure 5]. With publication and plate details inscribed. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked "J Whatman 1818".
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.8763