| Reference number | PT/73/6/14 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, Ocythoe cranchii [winged argonaut] by unknown artist |
| Date | [1817] |
| Description | Plate 12 showing six views of the cephalopod Argonauta hians [winged argonaut], including details of arms and shell. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the genus of Ocythoë Rafinesque, with a description of a new species' by William Elford Leach.
Read to the Royal Society on 5 June 1817. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| Physical description | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 288x229mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0066 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1817.0023 |
| Related records in the catalogue | PT/11/22 |
| URL description | Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library |
| URL | https://pictures.royalsociety.org/image-rs-8652 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7442 | Leach; William Elford (1790 - 1836) | 1790 - 1836 |