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Painting, fossilised ribs, sternum, and vertebrae of the proteo-saurus [ichthyosaur] by H T [Henry Thomas] de la Beche

Reference number: PT/73/7/14

Date: 01 January 1819

Description

Plate 14 showing the fossilised ribs, sternum, and vertebrae of the ichthyosaur. This fossil was owned by Henry de la Beche and probably discovered by Mary Anning. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'H. T. De la Beche. 1819.' Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'An account of the fossil skeleton of the Proteo-saurus' by Everard Home.

Read to the Royal Society on 4 March 1819.

Reference number
PT/73/7/14
Earliest possible date
01 January 1819
Physical description
Ink wash and pencil on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Painting
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Henry Thomas de la Beche

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Everard Home

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Henry Thomas de la Beche, Everard Home, Painting, fossilised ribs, sternum, and vertebrae of the proteo-saurus [ichthyosaur] by H T [Henry Thomas] de la Beche, 01 January 1819, PT/73/7/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_7_14/painting-fossilised-ribs-sternum-and-vertebrae-of-the-proteo-saurus-ichthyosaur-by-h-t-henry-thomas-de-la-beche, accessed on 12 December 2025

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