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Painting, uterine surface of the placenta by Joseph Perry

Reference number: PT/73/15/1

Date: 08 February 1832

Description

Plate 1, figure 2 showing the uterine surface of the placenta covered by the membrana decidua. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink in bottom left, 'Joseph Perry, del.' and below 'February 8. 1832.'

Subject: Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the human placenta, and its connexion with the uterus' by Robert Lee.

Read to the Royal Society on 17 November 1831.

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PT/73/15/1
Earliest possible date
08 February 1832
Physical description
Ink wash on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Painting

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Robert Lee

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Robert Lee, Painting, uterine surface of the placenta by Joseph Perry, 08 February 1832, PT/73/15/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_15_1/painting-uterine-surface-of-the-placenta-by-joseph-perry, accessed on 19 July 2026

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    Dates: 1802 - 1865

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