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RefNoPT/73/9/9
LevelItem
TitlePaintings, goose eye by Franz [Andreas] Bauer
Date[1821]
DescriptionPlate 11 containing five figures showing internal details of a goose eye under magnification, including details of the retina, lens, and choroid membrane. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer del.' Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'The Croonian Lecture. On the anatomical structure of the eye; illustrated by microscopical drawings, executed by F. Bauer, Esq' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 15 November 1821.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour on artists' board
Dimensions254x177mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0172
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0010
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8716
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7476Bauer; Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840)1758 - 1840
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
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