| Reference number | PT/73/8/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, an unborn child by Franz [Andreas] Bauer |
| Date | 1819 |
| Description | Plate 7 showing a study of a foetus belonging to 39-year-old woman who died of internal haemorrhage during pregnancy. The painting shows surrounding tissues including the placenta, fallopian tube, and corpus luteum. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed and dated lower left 'Franz Bauer del. 1819.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'A case of the human fœtus found in the ovarium, of the size it usually acquires at the end of the fourth month' by Augustus Bozzi Granville.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 January 1820. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 255x176mm |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0121 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0006 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/14/7 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8686 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7476 | Bauer; Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840) | 1758 - 1840 |
| NA7466 | Granville; Augustus Bozzi (1783 - 1872) | 1783 - 1872 |