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RefNoPT/73/9/57
LevelItem
TitlePaintings, planaria worms by J R J [James Rawlins Johnson]
Date[1822]
DescriptionPlate 49 containing 17 figures pasted onto a backing sheet, showing the species P. cornuta; P. torva; P. brunnea; and P. lactea. With publication and plate details inscribed. Initialled lower left 'J.R.J. delint'. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'G&A 1818'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the genus planaria' by James Rawlins Johnson.

Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1822.
Extent1p
FormatPainting
PhysicalDescriptionInk wash on paper
Dimensions223x170mm
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0193
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1822.0033
URLDescriptionDigital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library
URLhttps://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8764
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA3445Johnson; James Rawlins (- 1840); physician - 1840
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