| RefNo | PT/73/11/15 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, unwrapped mummy by Henry Perry |
| Date | November 1821 |
| Description | Plate 19 showing a study of an unwrapped mummy, with annotations detailing the length of various parts of the mummy's anatomy. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink in bottom left corner, 'Drawn by Henry Perry'. Beside this, 'Novr 1821' is struck out. A pencil inscription next to this reads '7 Hanover St, Hanover Sq' [London]. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1820'.
Subject: Anthropology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians' by Augustus Bozzi Granville.
Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1825. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 305x219mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0015 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0260 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/18/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7466 | Granville; Augustus Bozzi (1783 - 1872) | 1783 - 1872 |