Painting, seal skull by Willm [William] Clift
Reference number: PT/73/9/30
Date: 01 January 1803

Description
Plate 27 showing a side view of the skull of a seal 'from the South Seas' in the collections of the British Museum. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Willm. Clift delin 1803'. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the difference in the appearance of the teeth and the shape of the skull in different species of seals' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 28 February 1822.
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- PT/73/9/30
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1803
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- Watercolour on artists' board
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- 1 page
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- Watercolour
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William Clift, Everard Home, Painting, seal skull by Willm [William] Clift, 01 January 1803, PT/73/9/30, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_9_30/painting-seal-skull-by-willm-william-clift, accessed on 08 February 2025
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Related Publications
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On the difference in the appearance of the teeth and the shape of the skull in different species of seals External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0181
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XVIII. On the difference in the appearance of the teeth and the shape of the skull in different species of seals External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1822
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0019
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1807-1833
1807-1833 Reference number: PT/73 -
Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 112
Reference number: PT/73/9
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William Clift
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Everard Home
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Dates: 1802-1865
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