Vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor mb-code 00587750 'The Donkey Mare

'The Donkey Mare

The vicar watched by nearly everyone in the Essex village of Thaxted was dancing a traditional dance to celebrate the wedding of Ida Harvey and Mike Smith

Elaine Grimshaw (1877-1970)

1824 from the Strand

Vertebrae and ribs of a boa constrictor mb-code 00587750 'The Donkey MarePlate 6 from the paper 'Observations intended to show that the progressive motion of snakes is partly performed by means of the ribs', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 102 (1812), pp. 163 168. The work is inscribed above with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Original: ink on paper. 1812