Painting, cat foetus and placenta by [William Clift]

Description

Plate 46, figure 1 showing a view of the foetus of a cat enclosed within its circular placenta. Outline pencil sketches of figures 2-3 from the same plate are visible to the right of the main image. With publication and plate details inscribed. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. 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.

Reference number

PT/73/9/49

Earliest possible date

01 January 1822

Physical description

Watercolour on paper

Page extent

1 page

Format

Watercolour

Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library

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