Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9887
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The human eardrum
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Dimensions
height (painting): 226mm
width (painting): 173mm
width (painting): 173mm
Subject
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Description
Plate 3 figures 1-2 from the paper "On the difference of structure between the human Membrana Tympani and that of the elephant", by Sir Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.113 (1823), pp.23-26. Figure 1 shows the eardrum at natural size; figure 2 under magnification. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Inscribed verso: "Lecture 9 Pl.I.-" Signed in ink lower left "W.Clift." Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 113.
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