| RefNo | PT/73/4/13 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, pectoral fin of the Squalus maximus [basking shark] by J [John] Howship |
| Date | [1813] |
| Description | Plate 16 showing a view of the pectoral fin of the basking shark dissected to show cartilage arrangement, inscribed 'Two inches to a foot', with a detail of the fibrous fin-tip, inscribed 'The natural size'. An erroneous inscription above, 'One Inch to a Foot', has been crossed through. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Signed 'J. Howship. Delt.' Royal Society stamp verso. This and subsequent plates were from an original specimen caught at Brighton [East Sussex, England] and brought to London for dissection in December 1812.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Additions to an account of the anatomy of the Squalus maximus, contained in a former paper; with observations on the structure of the branchial artery' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 24 June 1813. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 204x270mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1800.0282 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1813.0030 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/7/27 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8606 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA4668 | Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon | 1756 - 1832 |