Ovaries of a kangaroo Size:Standard: 6 x 4in reluctant to accept this barely

reluctant to accept this barely tamed 'gift'

Cltie was the daughter of Oceanus

John Leslie was not a Fellow of the Royal Society

31st July 1966

Bottom row: Paul Stanley and Vinnie Vincent

Ovaries of a kangaroo Size:Standard: 6 x 4in reluctant to accept this barelyPlate 16 from the paper 'On the ova of the different tribes of Opossum and Ornithorhynchus', by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 109 (1819), pp. 234 240. The five figures show the ovaries and corpora lutea of young and old kangaroos. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer del.' Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked '[J Wh]atman [1]804'. Original: ink on paper. 1819