| RefNo | PT/73/3/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor by [William Clift] |
| Date | 1812 |
| Description | Plate 6 showing the vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations intended to show that the progressive motion of snakes is partly performed by means of the ribs' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 27 February 1812. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 274x192mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0243 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1812.0011 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/6/8 |
| PT/7/27i |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8578 |
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 |