| RefNo | PT/74/2/5 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, eggs and young of a land crab by [John Obadiah Westwood] |
| Creator | Westwood; John Obadiah (1805-1893); English entomologist; illustrator |
| Date | [1835] |
| Description | Plate 4b, figures 1-24 showing the form and anatomy of the eggs and young of an unidentified land crab not undergoing metamorphosis. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Auctor delt.' Backing sheet watermarked with a woman in an oval, a shield bearing St George's cross at her side. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the supposed existence of metamorphoses in the crustacea' by John Obadiah Westwood.
Received by the Royal Society on 25 May 1835. Read 18 June 1835. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper; pasted onto backing sheet |
| Dimensions | 199x140mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1835.0019 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0212 |