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Plate 17, figures 40-42 showing parts of the nervous system of the Astacus marinus [Homarus gammarus; European lobster]. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Signed in graphite bottom left 'G Newport del Sepr. 1833'. Embossed stamp bottom left corner reads 'Thomas Creswick'. 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/74/1/27
Earliest possible date
01 September 1833
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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 the lobster by G [George] Newport, 01 September 1833, PT/74/1/27, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_1_27/drawings-nervous-system-of-the-lobster-by-g-george-newport, accessed on 14 December 2024

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