Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9890
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Eardrums of cattle, deer and hare
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Object type
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 242mm
width (painting): 185mm
width (painting): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 5 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 paired images of the eardrums of three animals at natural size and under magnification. Inscribed with publication and plate details. 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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