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RefNoPT/73/8/15
LevelItem
TitlePainting, fossilised skull and jaws of the proteosaurus [ichthyosaur] by [William Clift]
Date[1820]
DescriptionPlate 15 containing two figures showing part of the skull (with paddle, vertebrae, and other bones) with the jaws of the same specimen of ichthyosaur, collected by Mary Anning at Lyme Regis [Dorset, England]. Everard Home's essay states, 'Such has been the exertion made by persons employed by Colonel [Thomas James] Birch, to explore the cliffs at Lyme, in search of fossil organic remains, from an expectation that they will receive the full reward of their labours...' The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the mode of formation of the canal for containing the spinal marrow, and on the form of the fins (if they deserve that name) of the Proteosaurus' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 4 May 1820.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions214x282mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0127
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0012
RelatedRecordPT/14/14
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8695
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7491Clift; William (1775 - 1849); museum curator and scientific illustrator1775 - 1849
NA4668Home; Sir; Everard (1756 - 1832); surgeon1756 - 1832
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