Sea urchins
Date
1872
Creator - Organisation
After
Antoine Sonrel (Swiss-born American) , Illustrator
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 187mm
width (print): 144mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
width (print): 144mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of two specimens of echinoids.
Figures 1-3. Centrostephanus rodgersii
Figures 4-5. Astropyga pulvinata
Plate 3b 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.IIIb’. 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 1-3. Centrostephanus rodgersii
Figures 4-5. Astropyga pulvinata
Plate 3b 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.IIIb’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.