| RefNo | PT/73/1/19 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, 'Hawk [stomach] natural size' by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1807] |
| Description | Plate 12, figures 2 and 3 showing the external and internal appearance of the stomach of a hawk. The work is inscribed below 'Hawk natural size...' and above 'To be put On the Plate with the [Human or - struck through] Lynx.' Not signed. Attached to figure 1 (PT/73/1/18) by red sealing wax.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals, with a view to elucidate the process of converting animal and vegetable substances into chyle' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1807. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 116x186mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0143 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1807.0009 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/1/9 |
| PT/2/20 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8573 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7491 | Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator | 1775 - 1849 |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |