'Elephant. Internal view' reaching Siberia in Russia showing farmland

Siberia in Russia showing farmland with cattle in the foreground

Kitty Brunell working on her MG F Magna

View with figures walking in the foreground

Gil Blas taken prisoner

'Elephant. Internal view' reaching Siberia in Russia showing farmlandPlate 10, 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. An elephant's stomach in section, to show internal structure, taken from a dried preparation. The work is inscribed above with plate details and below 'Elephant. Internal View. 4 inches to a Foot.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed upper