| Reference number | PT/73/6/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, argonaut shell and eggs by Franz [Andreas] Bauer |
| Date | [1817] |
| Description | Plate 14 showing a specimen of argonaut collected by John Cranch (1758-1816), possibly the Ocythoe cranchii [Argonauta hians] described in the same volume of Transactions by William Elford Leach. Seven figures including the shell and magnified details of the ova. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left 'Franz Bauer del.' 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 | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour on artists' board |
| Dimensions | 252x176mm |
| 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-8654 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7476 | Bauer; Franz Andreas (1758 - 1840) | 1758 - 1840 |
| NA7442 | Leach; William Elford (1790 - 1836) | 1790 - 1836 |