Drawings, brains of kangaroo, Virginian opossum, beaver, and wombat by [Richard Owen]

Description

Plate 6, figures 1-6 showing anatomical studies of the brains of a kangaroo [Macropus giganteus; eastern grey kangaroo], a Virginian opossum [Didelphis virginiana; Virginia opossum], a beaver [Castor fiber; Eurasian beaver], and a wombat [Vombatus ursinus; common wombat] under dissection. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto a single backing sheet. Inscribed with captions, publication, and plate details. Not signed. Backing sheet watermarked '[...]atman [...]833'. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology / Anatomy

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the brain in marsupial animals' by Richard Owen.

Received by the Royal Society on 31 October 1836. Read 26 January 1837.

Reference number

PT/74/4/3

Earliest possible date

1836

Physical description

Graphite on paper; mounted on paper

Page extent

1 page

Format

Drawing