| RefNo | PT/73/4/4 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, 'N.S.W. [New South Wales] cassowary [gizzard]' by [John Howship] |
| Date | [1812?] |
| Description | Plate 5 showing a view of the gizzard of the southern cassowary [Casuarius casuarius] of New South Wales, Australia. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details in ink, repeated in pencil. Inscribed 'N.S.W. Cassowary 4 inches to a foot' lower right, with the plate number repeated again. Not signed; the note 'del.' appears lower left but is not completed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'A description of the solvent glands and gizzards of the ardea argala, the casuarius emu, and the long-legged casowary from New South Wales' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 17 December 1812. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 256x183mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0264 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0012 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/7/9 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8596 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |