'Elephant. Internal view' reaching Gil Blas taken prisoner

Gil Blas taken prisoner

Marine zoological study showing a side view of the Atlantic mackerel (Scomber scombrus)

Horse drawn vehicles including omnibuses with advertisements fill the street in front of the Royal Exchange

View with figures walking in the foreground

Kitty Brunell working on her MG F Magna

'Elephant. Internal view' reaching Gil Blas taken prisonerPlate 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