Monodonta lineata
Date
1950s
Creator
Alastair Graham (1906 - 2000, British) , Zoologist
Object type
Archive reference number
Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 203mm
width (drawing): 300mm
width (drawing): 300mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the open mouth of the thick top shell Osilinus lineatus (here under the synonym Monodonta lineata). Longitudinal section showing mandibular muscles and other details.
Detail B from figure 108 of the book British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham (London, Ray Society, 1962).
Both Graham and Fretter contributed high-quality illustrations to British prosobranch molluscs and artist attribution can be difficult. Graham’s Royal Society Biographical Memoir states that: “Dr Fretter drew the ‘whole animals’, and Graham most of the dissections and histological preparations. She concentrated on the reproductive system, larvae and shore ecology, and he on other aspects.”
Not signed. One of two figures mounted on card with printer instructions verso. In pencil right edge: ‘Fig. 108. Set across page reduce to 5” broad. See back for plan.’
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
Detail B from figure 108 of the book British prosobranch molluscs: their functional anatomy and ecology by Vera Fretter and Alastair Graham (London, Ray Society, 1962).
Both Graham and Fretter contributed high-quality illustrations to British prosobranch molluscs and artist attribution can be difficult. Graham’s Royal Society Biographical Memoir states that: “Dr Fretter drew the ‘whole animals’, and Graham most of the dissections and histological preparations. She concentrated on the reproductive system, larvae and shore ecology, and he on other aspects.”
Not signed. One of two figures mounted on card with printer instructions verso. In pencil right edge: ‘Fig. 108. Set across page reduce to 5” broad. See back for plan.’
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
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