| RefNo | PT/74/4/25 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Drawings, 'Vesicularia spinosa. Thomp.' by Arthur Farre |
| Date | March 1837 |
| Description | Plate 22, figures 1-8 showing details of the anatomy of the Vesicularia spinosa when retracted and protruded, including the stem, branches, cells, and muscles. Figures 3-4 and 6-7 drawn separately and pasted onto the backing board. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details. An ink inscription bottom left reads 'Ciliobrachiata'. Signed bottom right 'Arthur Farre del.' and below 'March. 1837.' Embossed stamp top left verso reads 'Bristol Board'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the minute structure of some of the higher forms of polypi, with views of a more natural arrangement of the class' by Arthur Farre.
Received by the Royal Society on 11 May 1837. Read 8 and 15 June 1837. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Drawing |
| PhysicalDescription | Graphite and watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 265x205mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1837.0024 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0294 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA2883 | Farre; Arthur (1811 - 1887) | 1811 - 1887 |