| RefNo | PT/73/10/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, fossilised horse foot by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1822] |
| Description | Plate 10, figure 6 illlustrating what William Clift described as 'The two coronary bones and the terminal phalange or coffin-bone of the foot of the horse.' Fossil found at Oreston Quarry, near Plymouth in Devon [England]. Inscribed with publication and plate details and a pencil note, upper left: 'Page 11 Horse'. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Palaeontology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey.
Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1823. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 233x187mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0204 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0011 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/16/9 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-9897 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7491 | Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator | 1775 - 1849 |
| NA2833 | Whidbey; Joseph (1755 - 1833) | 1755 - 1833 |