| Reference number | PT/75/2/3 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, 'Fibre' [blood vessels, brains, and spinal chords] by [Martin Barry] |
| Date | [1841] |
| Description | Plate 6, figures 16-34 showing blood vessels, portions of brains, and spinal chords from various animals, as well as different types of fungus and mould. Animals include a rabbit [Lepus cuniculus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; European rabbit], a sheep [Ovis aries], a chick, and a tadpole. Fungi and mould include mould on a berry [Rubus fruticosus; blackberry], mould on cheese, a mushroom, and mould on the left auricle of a dead sheep. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Figure numbers and labels originally drawn in black ink; struck out and rewritten with the same numbers and different labels in red ink. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing sheet. Not signed.
Subject: Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On fibre' by Martin Barry.
Received by the Royal Society on 3 December 1841. Read 16 December 1841. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| Physical description | Graphite on paper, mounted on blue board |
| Dimensions | 297x250mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1842.0008 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0180 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/26/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6989 | Barry; Martin (1802 - 1855) | 1802 - 1855 |