| RefNo | PT/73/5/18 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, fossilised ichthyosaur paddle by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Plate 16 showing a fossilised ichthyosaur paddle. The specimen was from the Lyme Regis [Dorset, England] area and in the collection of 'Mr Johnson', James Johnson of Bristol. Therefore collected by him or possibly by Mary Anning, from whom he bought fossils. The painting is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Palaeontology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Some farther account of the fossil remains of an animal, of which a description was given to the Society in 1814' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 13 June 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 248x193mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0045 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0023 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/10/22 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8631 |
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 |