Record

Reference numberPT/17/1/3
LevelItem
TitlePlate, internal structure of left hind flipper of walrus by Linley Rose
Date[1824]
DescriptionPlate V showing the internal structure of the left hind flipper of a walrus with the skin removed.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Some curious facts respecting the walrus and seal, discovered by the examination of specimens brought to England by the different ships lately returned from the Polar Circle. By Sir Everard Home, Bart. V. P. R. S. In a Letter addressed to Sir Humphry Davy, Bart. Pres. R. S'.

Written by Home in Sackville Street [London]. Read 4 March 1824.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
Physical descriptionGraphite drawing on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0235
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1824.0014
Related records in the cataloguePT/17/1
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
NA8200Davy; Sir; Humphry (1778 - 1829); chemist1778 - 1829
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