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RefNoPT/73/4/14
LevelItem
TitlePainting, stomach and duodenum of the Squalus maximus [basking shark] by J [John] Howship
Date[1813]
DescriptionPlate 17 showing an internal view of the stomach and duodenum of the basking shark. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details and with the scale 'One Inch to a Foot'. Signed 'J. Howship. delt.' Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus, contained in a former paper; with observations on the structure of the branchial artery' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1813.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions250x214mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0282
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0030
RelatedRecordPT/7/27
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8607
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
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