Sea urchins
Date
1872
Creator - Organisation
After
Antoine Sonrel (Swiss-born American) , Illustrator
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 183mm
width (print): 157mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
width (print): 157mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of three specimens of echinoids.
Figures 1-2. Banded sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris.
Figure 3. Blue-black urchin Echinothrix diadema (here styled Echinothrix turcarum).
Figure 4. Astropyga pulvinata.
Plate 3a 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.IIIa’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.
Figures 1-2. Banded sea urchin Echinothrix calamaris.
Figure 3. Blue-black urchin Echinothrix diadema (here styled Echinothrix turcarum).
Figure 4. Astropyga pulvinata.
Plate 3a 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.IIIa’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.