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RefNoPT/73/12/11
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TitlePainting, Lutraria compressa by E [Edward] Osler
CreatorOsler; Edward (1798-1863); English surgeon; naturalist ; writer
Date[1826]
DescriptionPlate 14, figure 2 showing a Lutraria compressa, a burrowing bivalve, with its left valve, syphon, mantle, and branchiae removed. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink bottom right 'E Osler del:'. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On burrowing and boring marine animals' by Edward Osler.

Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1826.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour on artists' board
Dimensions220x160mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1826.0029
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0296
RelatedRecordPT/18/11
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