Section of Natica alderi
Date
1950s
Creator
Alastair Graham (1906 - 2000, British) , Zoologist
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 220mm
width (drawing): 283mm
width (drawing): 283mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Longitudinal section through the upper mantle cavity and base of the visceral hump of the marine mollusc Natica alderi [Euspira pulchella] the common necklace shell. Showing the kidney sac in relation to the surrounding organs.
Figure 152 from 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. Mounted on card with the ink inscription: ‘Fig.152 Natica Set across page , reduce to 5” across.’
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
Figure 152 from 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. Mounted on card with the ink inscription: ‘Fig.152 Natica Set across page , reduce to 5” across.’
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
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