| RefNo | PT/73/11/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, mummy pelvis by Henry Perry |
| Date | December 1821 |
| Description | Plate 20 showing a study of the mummy's pelvis, inscribed with the lengths of various sections of the pelvis. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink in bottom left corner, 'Henry-Perry'. Before this 'Drawn by' is struck out and following this, 'Decr 1821' is struck out and replaced with 'delt.' written in pencil. A pencil inscription in the bottom right reads 'Jas [James] Basire sculpt.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Anthropology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An essay on Egyptian mummies; with observations on the art of embalming among the ancient Egyptians' by Augustus Bozzi Granville.
Read to the Royal Society on 14 April 1825. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 336x219mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0015 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0260 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/18/1 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7466 | Granville; Augustus Bozzi (1783 - 1872) | 1783 - 1872 |