| RefNo | PT/75/3/6 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, muscular fibres of the Onychoteuthis banksii by unknown artist |
| Date | [1844] |
| Description | Plate 7, figure 3 showing primitive muscular fibres of the Onychoteuthis banksii [common clubhook squid], magnified. The drawing is framed by thin paper. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A pencil inscription above painting reads 'Fig. 15.' A pencil inscription below figure reads 'Musc fibre, recent Onychoteuthis.' An upside down pencil inscription below on frame reads 'No 5'. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Palaeontology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'A description of certain Belemnites, preserved, with a great proportion of their soft parts, in the Oxford clay, at Christian-Malford, Wilts' by Richard Owen.
Received by the Royal Society on 14 March 1844. Read 21 March 1844. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite and watercolour on card, framed by thin paper |
| Dimensions | 255x196mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1844.0006 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0013 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA8083 | Owen; Sir; Richard (1804 - 1892) | 1804 - 1892 |