Slate pen sea urchin
Date
1872
Creator - Organisation
After
Antoine Sonrel (Swiss-born American) , Illustrator
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 145mm
width (print): 133mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
width (print): 133mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological study of the Slate pen sea urchin Eucidaris tribuloides (here styled Cidaris tribuloides). The echinoid is native to the Atlantic and Mediterranean seas.
Plate 1d accompanying the paper ‘Illustrated catalogue…Revision of the echini’, by Alexander Agassiz, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, v.3 (Cambridge Mass., 1872-1873), plates.
Inscribed above: ‘A. Aggassiz, Revision of the Echini. PL.Id’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.
Plate 1d accompanying the paper ‘Illustrated catalogue…Revision of the echini’, by Alexander Agassiz, Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, v.3 (Cambridge Mass., 1872-1873), plates.
Inscribed above: ‘A. Aggassiz, Revision of the Echini. PL.Id’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.
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