| RefNo | PT/73/5/8 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, Lacerta gecko by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1816] |
| Description | Plate 7 showing the Lacerta gecko. The lizard specimen was procured by Sir Joseph Banks apparently from Java [Indonesia]. The painting 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 'Some account of the feet of those animals whose progressive motion can be carried on in opposition to gravity' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 22 February 1816. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 302x218mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0031 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1816.0010 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/10/9 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8621 |
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 |