'Human [stomach] to show the Glands...' mb-height 909 Prince & Princess of Wales

Prince & Princess of Wales

View of gas works in Pocock Street

Scene of Edward Oxford's attempt to assassinate Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on the evening of Wednesday 10th June

ostrich feather hat and mace for the coronation of King George IV

'Human [stomach] to show the Glands...' mb-height 909 Prince & Princess of WalesPlate 11, figure 1, from the paper 'Observations on the structure of the stomachs of different animals', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 97 (1807), pp. 139 179. Showing the human stomach inverted to show its internal surface. The work is inscribed above with the plate number and below 'Human to show the Glands & contraction. Natural Size.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed lower left 'Bristol