| Reference number | PT/74/3/9 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawing, lens of turtle by [Robert Kaye Greville] |
| Date | [1835] |
| Description | Plate 6, number 5, figures 1-2 showing the anterior and posterior surfaces of the lens of the turtle. Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription above figure 1 reads 'This figure must be inserted' and below 'To be copied from A Fig. 1 No. II'. An inscription below figure 2 reads 'To be shaded like the other Figures, the Fibres to be made like the rest'. Not signed. Watermarked 'J What[...] Turke[...] 18[...]'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Physics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the anatomical and optical structure of the crystalline lenses of animals. Continued from a former paper (Phil. Trans. 1833, p. 332.)' by David Brewster.
Received by the Royal Society on 26 November 1835. Read 21 January 1836. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Ink and ink wash on paper |
| Dimensions | 188x116mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1836.0008 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0226 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7450 | Brewster; Sir; David (1781 - 1868); natural philosopher | 1781 - 1868 |