| RefNo | PT/73/12/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, Saxicava rugosa by E [Edward] Osler |
| Creator | Osler; Edward (1798-1863); English surgeon; naturalist ; writer |
| Date | [1826] |
| Description | Plate 15, figures 6-8 showing three Saxicava rugosa [Hiatella rugosa; rock borer], one preserved in a calcareous stone, one that has been injured by another, and another in a state of partial dissection. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink bottom right 'E Osler del:'. Royal Society stamp verso. Embossed step verso bottom left reads 'Bristol Paper'.
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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 220x160mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1826.0029 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0296 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/18/11 |