| RefNo | PT/73/8/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, dugong sternum by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1820] |
| Description | Plate 31, figure 1 showing the sternum and ribs of a female dugong. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details and an inset pencil sketch for printing, to show the arrangment of this and one subsequent figure on the final plate. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology / Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Particulars respecting the anatomy of the Dugong, intended as a supplement to Sir T. S. Raffles' account of that animal' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 29 June 1820. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 287x222mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0135 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0021 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/14/25 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8706 |
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 |