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Drawings, 'Ova from the ovary, after fecundation' by [Martin Barry]

Reference number: PT/74/7/11

Date: 1840

Description

Plate 23, figures 169-181 showing ova from the rabbit [Lepus cuniculus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; European rabbit] that have been recently fertilised. Inscribed with title, figure, publication, and plate details. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto backing sheet. Not signed.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Researches in embryology. Third series: A contribution to the physiology of cells' by Martin Barry.

Received by the Royal Society on 18 April 1840. Read 7 May 1840.

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PT/74/7/11
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1840
Physical description
Graphite on paper; mounted on black paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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Martin Barry

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Martin Barry, Drawings, 'Ova from the ovary, after fecundation' by [Martin Barry], 1840, PT/74/7/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_74_7_11/drawings-ova-from-the-ovary-after-fecundation-by-martin-barry, accessed on 17 June 2025

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