Painting, human placenta by [William Clift]
Reference number: PT/73/9/45
Date: 1822
Description
Plate 42 showing a view of the foetal surface of the human placenta. With publication and plate details inscribed. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'J Whatman 1818'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Anatomy
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the placenta' by Everard Home.
Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1822.
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- PT/73/9/45
- Earliest possible date
- 1822
- Physical description
- Watercolour on paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Watercolour
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William Clift, Everard Home, Painting, human placenta by [William Clift], 1822, PT/73/9/45, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_9_45/painting-human-placenta-by-william-clift, accessed on 15 March 2025
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On the placenta External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0191
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XXIX On the placenta External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1822
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0030
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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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