Skeneopsis planobis
Date
1950s
Creator
Alastair Graham (1906 - 2000, British) , Zoologist
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Dimensions
height (drawing): 246mm
width (drawing): 310mm
width (drawing): 310mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Zoological study of the marine mollusc Skeneopsis planobis as a transparent object, showing the major anatomical features. Presented with a 0.2mm scale.
Figure 184B 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. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig.184B Skeneopsis set across page opposite companion 184B x4/10’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
Figure 184B 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. Inscribed in ink: ‘Fig.184B Skeneopsis set across page opposite companion 184B x4/10’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
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