Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.9899
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Fossil hyena skull
Date
1822
Creator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 233mm
width (painting): 185mm
width (painting): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 11 from the paper "On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston...", by Joseph Whidbey with the supplementary paper "A description of the fossil bones found in the caverns of Oreston...", by William Clift, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.113 (1823), pp.78-90. Inscribed in pencil: "Page 13. Back part of the Skull supposed to belong to an enormous Hyaena" Fossil found at Oreston quarry, near Plymouth in Devon. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. 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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