Female genital ducts of molluscs
Date
1950s
Creator
Alastair Graham (1906 - 2000, British) , Zoologist
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 386mm
width (drawing): 317mm
width (drawing): 317mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Comparative diagrams showing the genitals a series of molluscs, labelled A-M.
Figure 186 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.186 Comp...ducts. Set across page reduce to 5” broad’ and lower right ‘to fit page’. Embossed lower left: ‘WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRISTOL BOARD: MADE IN ENGLAND’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
Figure 186 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.186 Comp...ducts. Set across page reduce to 5” broad’ and lower right ‘to fit page’. Embossed lower left: ‘WINSOR & NEWTON’S BRISTOL BOARD: MADE IN ENGLAND’.
Alastair Graham was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1979.
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