Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9889
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Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 182mm
width (painting): 238mm
width (painting): 238mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 4 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. Showing the eardrum of a three-week old Indian elephant in situ with the mastoid cells. From a specimen provided by Sir Stamford Raffles. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink lower left [viewed in landscape format] "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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