Drawings, nervous system of Papilio urticae by G [George] Newport
Reference number: PT/74/1/25
Date: 01 January 1832
Description
Plate 15, figures 28 and 32-33 and plate 16, figures 24 and 29-30 showing parts of the nervous system of the Papilio urticae [small tortoiseshell] during development. Inscribed with publication, plate details, and captions that correspond to the published plate. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G Newport del 1832'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.
Subject: Zoology / Entomology
Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the nervous system of the Sphinx ligustri, Linn., (Part II.) during the latter stages of its pupa and its Imago state; and on the means by which its development is effected' by George Newport.
Received by the Royal Society on 6 March 1834. Read 19 June 1834.
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- PT/74/1/25
- Earliest possible date
- 01 January 1832
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- Graphite on artists' paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Drawing
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George Newport, Drawings, nervous system of Papilio urticae by G [George] Newport, 01 January 1832, PT/74/1/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_25/drawings-nervous-system-of-papilio-urticae-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 09 December 2025
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On the nervous system of the Sphinx ligustri (Linn.) during the latter stages of its pupa and its Imago states; and on the means by which its development is effected External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1837
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1830.0167
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1834-1840
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 124
1832-1834 Reference number: PT/74/1
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