Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8653
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Helix janthina [marine snail]
Date
1817
Creator
Franz Andreas Bauer (1758 - 1840, Austrian) , Microscopist
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Material
Dimensions
height (painting): 253mm
width (painting): 178mm
width (painting): 178mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plate 13 from the paper "The distinguishing characters between the ova of the Sepia, and those of the vermes testacea, that live in water, explained", by Everard Home, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.107 (1817), pp.297-301. Seven figures including details of the shell of Helix janthina [Janthina janthina] with magnified images of ova and internal chambers. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed lower left "Franz Bauer. del.". Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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