Sea anemone
Date
1761
Creator
J Rhodius (Dutch) , Illustrator
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 405mm
width (print): 405mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of a sea anemones, possibly the Beadlet anemone Actinia equine. Figures 1-4 showing the stages of the anemone during opening and closing.
Plate 13 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Liber tertius, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1761). The plate is inscribed above: ‘TAB XIII’ and below: ‘J. Rhodius ad viv. pinxit.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
Plate 13 from Opuscula subseciva, observations miscellaneas de animalculis et plantis…Liber tertius, by Job Baster (Haarlem, 1761). The plate is inscribed above: ‘TAB XIII’ and below: ‘J. Rhodius ad viv. pinxit.’
Job Baster (1711-1775) Dutch physician and naturalist, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1738.
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