Record

RefNoCLP/13/5/2
AltRefNoCLP/13/5 p6
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, woman with young girl with long, thickened nails by unknown artist
Date[1670s]
DescriptionUnpublished illustration with French captions of a woman holding her 12-year-old daughter who suffered from long, thickened 'horns' [nails] growing from her fingers and toes. The captions indicate that the girl is a peasant from Daon [Pays de la Loire, France]. The portrait of the mother and daughter are surrounded by illustrations of various nail specimens from the girl.

Subject: Anatomy

Read to the Royal Society on 24 February 1696 and 23 June 1697.
LanguageFrench
Extent6p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionInk drawing on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1695.0108
RelatedRecordCLP/13/5
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA8232Locke; John (1632 - 1704); philosopher1632 - 1704
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