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Image number: RS.10217
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Two specimens of crustaceans
Date
1814
Creator
Richard Polydore Nodder (1763, British) , Artist
Object type
Library reference
48597
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 140mm
width (print): 140mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of the crustaceans Nymphon gracile (figure 1) and Nymphon hirtum (figure 2).
Plate 19 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). Figure 1 is described as simply: “Inhabits the British sea every where.” The author notes of figure 2 that: “I discovered this species on the shores of the Plymouth Sound, but I am indebted to the researches of M.J.Cranch of Kingsbridge, for the fine specimen from which our figure is taken.”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
Plate 19 from The zoological miscellany; being a description of new, or interesting animals, by William Elford Leach, volume 1 (London, 1815). Figure 1 is described as simply: “Inhabits the British sea every where.” The author notes of figure 2 that: “I discovered this species on the shores of the Plymouth Sound, but I am indebted to the researches of M.J.Cranch of Kingsbridge, for the fine specimen from which our figure is taken.”
The plate is inscribed: “Drawn Engraved & Published by R. P. Nodder 1814.”
William Elford Leach (1790-1836) British naturalist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816.
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