Paintings, planaria worms by J R J [James Rawlins Johnson]

Description

Plate 49 containing 17 figures pasted onto a backing sheet, showing the species P. cornuta; P. torva; P. brunnea; and P. lactea. With publication and plate details inscribed. Initialled lower left 'J.R.J. delint'. Royal Society stamp verso. Watermarked 'G&A 1818'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the genus planaria' by James Rawlins Johnson.

Read to the Royal Society on 27 June 1822.

Reference number

PT/73/9/57

Earliest possible date

1822

Physical description

Ink wash on paper

Page extent

1 page

Format

Painting

Digital version available on The Royal Society Picture Library

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