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RefNoPT/73/15/13
LevelItem
TitleDrawings, Patella vulgata jaws and tongue by E [Edward] Osler
CreatorOsler; Edward (1798–1863; English surgeon; naturalist ; writer
Date[1832]
DescriptionPlate 14, figures 8-10 showing the jaws and tongue of the Patella vulgata [common limpet]. Signed in ink bottom right 'E. Osler del.' Drawings covered with a thin flap of tracing paper.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the anatomy and habits of marine testaceous mollusca, illustrative of their mode of feeding' by Edward Osler.

Read to the Royal Society on 21 June 1832.
Extent1p
FormatDrawing
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour and ink on artists' board
Dimensions112x75mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1832.0022
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0075
RelatedRecordPT/20/9
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