| Reference number | PT/73/9/49 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, cat foetus and placenta by [William Clift] |
| Date | 1822 |
| Description | Plate 46, figure 1 showing a view of the foetus of a cat enclosed within its circular placenta. Outline pencil sketches of figures 2-3 from the same plate are visible to the right of the main image. With publication and plate details inscribed. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the placenta' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1822. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 269x216mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0191 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0030 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8756 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7491 | Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator | 1775 - 1849 |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |