| RefNo | PT/73/3/12 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, 'Rhea americana [gizzard]' by [William Clift] |
| Date | 1812 |
| Description | Plate 15 showing an internal view of the cardiac cavity and gizzard of the rhea, quarter scale. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details and upper right 'Rhea Americana'. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso, with corresponding outline drawing.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the different structures and situations of the solvent glands in the digestive organs of birds, according to the nature of their food and particular modes of life' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 18 June 1812. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 276x191mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0255 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1812.0023 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8587 |
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 |