Paintings, wheat infected with Vibrio tritici by Franz [Andreas] Bauer
Reference number: PT/73/10/1
Date: 1822
Description
Plate 1 containing 23 figures showing the stages of infestation in ears of wheat caused by the wheat gall nemotode [Anguina tritici] under x5 and x10 magnifications. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink lower left 'Franz Bauer del.' and in pencil lower right 'Js [James] Basire sc.' Royal Society stamp verso.
Subject: Zoology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the suspension of the muscular motions of the vibrio tritici' by Franz Bauer.
Read to the Royal Society on 5 December 1822.
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- PT/73/10/1
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- 1822
- Physical description
- Watercolour on artists' board
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- 1 page
- Format
- Watercolour
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Franz Andreas Bauer, Paintings, wheat infected with Vibrio tritici by Franz [Andreas] Bauer, 1822, PT/73/10/1, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_10_1/paintings-wheat-infected-with-vibrio-tritici-by-franz-andreas-bauer, accessed on 08 February 2026
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Related Publications
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The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the suspension of the muscular motions of the Vibrio tritici External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0196
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I. The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the suspension of the muscular motions of the vibrio tritici External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1823
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1823.0001
Related Records
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Paper, 'The Croonian Lecture. Microscopical observations on the suspension of the muscular motions of the vibrio tritici' by Francis [Franz] Bauer
Creator: Franz Andreas Bauer Reference number: PT/16/1
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1807-1833
1807-1833 Reference number: PT/73 -
Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 113
1822-1823 Reference number: PT/73/10
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Franz Andreas Bauer
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