Paintings, ovaries of an American opossum by Franz [Andreas] Bauer
Reference number: PT/73/7/16
Date: 1819
Description
Plate 17 containing eight figures of magnified and sectioned ovaries of animals at different ages. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the ova of the different tribes of opossum and orinthorhynchus' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 25 March 1819.
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- PT/73/7/16
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- 1819
- Physical description
- Ink wash on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Painting
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Franz Andreas Bauer
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Everard Home
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Franz Andreas Bauer, Everard Home, Paintings, ovaries of an American opossum by Franz [Andreas] Bauer, 1819, PT/73/7/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_7_16/paintings-ovaries-of-an-american-opossum-by-franz-andreas-bauer, accessed on 07 November 2025
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Related Publications
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On the ova of the different tribes of opossum and ornithorhynchus External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0111
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XVI. On the ova of the different tribes of opossum and orinthorhynchus External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1819
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1819.0018
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Paper, 'On the ova of the opossum tribe' by Sir Everard Home
Creator: Everard Home Reference number: PT/13/18
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Dates: 1802 - 1865
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