| RefNo | PT/73/11/26 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, anatomy of the mole-cricket by J. [John] Whessell |
| Creator | Whessell; John (c.1760-1824); printmaker; painter |
| Basire; James (1730-1802); engraver; printmaker |
| Date | [1824] |
| Description | Plate 15, figures 1-14 showing the anatomy of the mole-cricket, or gryllotalpa gryllotalpa, including full specimen, skeleton of head, thorax and interior, reproductive organs or male and female. Signed J. Whessell, del. Oxon, 1824, likely engraver and mezzotinter John Whessell c.1760-1824, active at Oxford, St Aldate's. Engraving signed Ja.s Basire.
Subject: Anatomy / Physiology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the anatomy of the mole-cricket'' by John Kidd FRS.
Read to the Royal Society on 3 and 10 February 1825. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 232x196mm [irregular] |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0012 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0257 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA1864 | Kidd; John (1775 - 1851) | 1775 - 1851 |