RefNo | PT/73/1/16 |
Level | Item |
Title | Painting, 'Vampyre bat [stomach]' by [William Clift] |
Date | [1807] |
Description | Plate 11, figure 2 showing a longitudinal section of the stomach of a vampire bat. The work is inscribed above with plate details, below 'Vampyre Bat'. Not signed. Attached to figures 1 and 3 (PT/73/1/15 and PT/73/1/17) 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. |
Extent | 1p |
Format | Painting |
PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
Dimensions | 95x154mm |
Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
AccessStatus | Open |
RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1807.0009 |
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0143 |
RelatedRecord | PT/1/9 |
PT/2/20 |
URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8570 |
Fellows associated with this archive
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA7491 | Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator | 1775 - 1849 |
NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |