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RefNoPT/73/1/15
LevelItem
TitlePainting, 'Human [stomach] to show the glands and contraction' by [William Clift]
Date[1807]
DescriptionPlate 11, figure 1 showing the human stomach inverted to show its internal surface. The work is inscribed above with the plate number and below 'Human to show the Glands & contraction. Natural Size'. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed lower left 'Bristol Paper.' Subsequent plate figures 2 and 3 (PT/73/1/16-17) are attached to this illustration by red sealing wax.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals, with a view to elucidate the process of converting animal and vegetable substances into chyle' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1807.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk and ink wash on artists' board
Dimensions260x180mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0143
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1807.0009
RelatedRecordPT/1/9
PT/2/20
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8569
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7491Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator1775 - 1849
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
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