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Dr Barclay's advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edi — John Kay

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Antiquities · Catalogue no. 610590
John Kay

Dr Barclay’s advocation to the proposed professorship of comparative anatomy supported and opposed; represented by him riding the skeleton of an elephant into the university of Edi

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Held byWellcome Collection via Europeana
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Lettering: The craft in danger. "An uproar among the craftsmen at Ephesus opposing a new species of knowledge which they thought might interfere with the profits of their trade". Acts XIX ver. 23 & c. I. Kay 1817.

Artist / MakerJohn Kay
Date1817
Culture / OriginEphesus, United Kingdom
DepartmentEphesus
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Image & data: Wellcome Collection via Europeana · Licence: BY 4.0.

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