| RefNo | PT/73/5/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, 'Squalus acanthias' [spiny dogfish, scapula and pectoral fin] by W [William] Clift |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Plate 15, figure 2 showing a fossilised scapula and pectoral fin from a Squalus acanthias [spiny dogfish]. The painting is titled and annotated 'Squalus Acanthius. Natural size.' Inscribed above with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'W. Clift del.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Palaeontology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Some farther account of the fossil remains of an animal, of which a description was given to the Society in 1814' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 287x223mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0045 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0023 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/10/22 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8630 |
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 |