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RefNoPT/73/10/10
LevelItem
TitlePaintings, fossilised wolf jawbone by [William Clift]
Date[1822]
DescriptionPlate 8, figures 2-3 showing two views of what Clift described as 'part of the lower jaw of a young wolf, in a diseased state from abscess.' Figure 2 inside view. Figure 3 exterior view. Found at Oreston Quarry, near Plymouth in Devon [England]. Inscribed with publication and plate details and pencil notes upper left 'Page 8 Young Wolf' and lower left [apparently in error] 'Fig 2. Outside view Fig 3 Inside view.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1818'.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey.

Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1823.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions231x187mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0204
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0011
RelatedRecordPT/16/9
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9894
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7491Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator1775 - 1849
NA2833Whidbey; Joseph (1755 - 1833)1755 - 1833
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