| RefNo | PT/73/1/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, 'Internal view. Natural size. Beaver' by W [William] Clift |
| Date | [1807] |
| Description | Plate 6, figure 1 showing an inverted beaver's stomach. The work is inscribed above with plate details; and below 'Internal View. Natural size. Beaver.' Signed lower left 'W. Clift delin.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals, with a view to elucidate the process of converting animal and vegetable substances into chyle' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 30 April 1807. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 229x280mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0143 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1807.0009 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/1/9 |
| PT/2/20 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8560 |
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 |