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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.

Reference number
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

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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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