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Paintings, Teredo palmulatus and Teredo communis by E [Edward] Osler

Reference number: PT/73/12/15

Date: 1826

Description

Plate 15, figures 9-10 showing two types of shipworms, the Teredo palmulatus and the Teredo communis in states of partial dissection. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in ink bottom right 'E Osler del:'. Royal Society stamp verso.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On burrowing and boring marine animals' by Edward Osler.

Read to the Royal Society on 25 May 1826.

Reference number
PT/73/12/15
Earliest possible date
1826
Physical description
Watercolour on artists' board
Page extent
1 page
Format
Watercolour

Creator name

Edward Osler

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Edward Osler, Paintings, Teredo palmulatus and Teredo communis by E [Edward] Osler, 1826, PT/73/12/15, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_12_15/paintings-teredo-palmulatus-and-teredo-communis-by-e-edward-osler, accessed on 17 October 2026

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