Red slate pencil urchin
Date
1872
Creator - Organisation
After
Antoine Sonrel (Swiss-born American) , Illustrator
Object type
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 207mm
width (print): 127mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
width (print): 127mm
height (mount): 284mm
width (mount): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Marine zoological studies of the Red slate pencil urchin Heterocentrotus mammillatus. Three figures showing views of specimens of the echinoid, native to the Indo-Pacific seas.
Plate 3c 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.IIIc’. 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 3c 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.IIIc’. Inscribed below: A.Sonrel photo. American photo-Relief Co., Printers, Phila.’
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910) Swiss-born American marine biologist and engineer.