Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells Size:Large: 7 x 5in under a tight black cap

under a tight black cap

with a quill pen in an ink-well

View of Paul's Alley

standing and angled to the right as viewed

Indian elephant eardrum and mastoid cells Size:Large: 7 x 5in under a tight black capPlate 4 from the paper 'On the difference of structure between the human Membrana Tympani and that of the elephant', by Sir Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 113 (1823), pp. 23 26. Showing the eardrum of a three week old Indian elephant in situ with the mastoid cells. From a specimen provided by Sir Stamford Raffles. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink lower left [viewed in landscape format]