| RefNo | PT/73/8/24 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Painting, dugong respiratory system by [William Clift] |
| Date | [1820] |
| Description | Plate 29 showing a portion of the trachea (figure 1) and lungs (figure 2) of a male dugong [Dugong dugon]. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Inscribed verso 'Fig 1. Rings of lower portion of Trachea. Fig 2. Section of the Lung. The cells largest on the surface'. Watermarked 'W Turner & Son'.
Subject: Zoology / Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Particulars respecting the anatomy of the Dugong, intended as a supplement to Sir T. S. Raffles' account of that animal' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 29 June 1820. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 222x286mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0135 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1820.0021 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/14/25 |
| URLDescription | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8704 |
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 |