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Drawings, anatomy of the Bowerbankia densa by Arthur Farre

Reference number: PT/74/4/23

Date: 01 April 1836

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Plate 20, figures 1-6 showing the form and parts of the anatomy, including details of the alimentary canal and gizzard, of the Bowerbankia densa, a type of polyzoan polyp. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto a single backing board. Inscribed recto and verso with publication and plate details An ink inscription above reads 'Ciliobrachiata' and another inscription below the figures reads 'Bowerbankia densa'. Signed bottom right 'Arthur Farre del' and below 'April 1836'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Observations on the minute structure of some of the higher forms of polypi, with views of a more natural arrangement of the class' by Arthur Farre.

Received by the Royal Society on 11 May 1837. Read 8 and 15 June 1837.

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PT/74/4/23
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01 April 1836
Physical description
Graphite on paper; mounted on board
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Drawing

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Arthur Farre

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Arthur Farre, Drawings, anatomy of the Bowerbankia densa by Arthur Farre, 01 April 1836, PT/74/4/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_4_23/drawings-anatomy-of-the-bowerbankia-densa-by-arthur-farre, accessed on 18 January 2026

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