| Reference number | PT/73/9/35 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, ovum of a hen and egg yolks by Franz [Andreas] Bauer |
| Date | [1822] |
| Description | Plate 32 containing 12 figures showing the ovum of a hen 'that had been laying for some time' with magnified views of the yolk of an egg and views of the egg, including in the oviduct and a newly-laid egg. With details of publication and plate details inscribed. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer'. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the changes the egg undergoes during incubation in the common fowl, illustrated by microscopical drawings' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 16 May 1822. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 254x176mm |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0187 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0026 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8742 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7476 | Bauer; Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840) | 1758 - 1840 |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |