Drawings, sections of brains of opossum, goose, kangaroo, and donkey by [Richard Owen]

Description

Plate 7, figures 1-5 showing anatomical studies of cross-sections of the brains of an opossum [Didelphis virginiana; Virginia opossum], a goose, a kangaroo [Macropus giganteus; eastern grey kangaroo], and a donkey under dissection. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto a single backing sheet. Inscribed with captions, publication, and plate details. Not signed. 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/74/4/4

Earliest possible date

1836

Physical description

Graphite on paper; mounted on paper

Page extent

1 page

Format

Drawing