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RefNoPT/73/8/14
LevelItem
TitlePainting, lower jaw and teeth of a dugong by W H [William Home] Clift
Date[1820]
DescriptionPlate 14 showing the lower jaw of a dugong [Dugong dugon] with details of incisors and molars. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'W. H. Clift del.' Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'W Turner & Son'.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the milk tusks, and organ of hearing of the Dugong' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 13 April 1820.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions260x202mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0125
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0010
RelatedRecordPT/14/12
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8694
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7491Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator1775 - 1849
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
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