Drawings, 'Fibre' [blood vessels, brains, and spinal chords] by [Martin Barry]

Description

Plate 6, figures 16-34 showing blood vessels, portions of brains, and spinal chords from various animals, as well as different types of fungus and mould. Animals include a rabbit [Lepus cuniculus; Oryctolagus cuniculus; European rabbit], a sheep [Ovis aries], a chick, and a tadpole. Fungi and mould include mould on a berry [Rubus fruticosus; blackberry], mould on cheese, a mushroom, and mould on the left auricle of a dead sheep. Inscribed with publication and plate details. Figure numbers and labels originally drawn in black ink; struck out and rewritten with the same numbers and different labels in red ink. Figures drawn separately and mounted onto backing sheet. Not signed.

Subject: Physiology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On fibre' by Martin Barry.

Received by the Royal Society on 3 December 1841. Read 16 December 1841.

Reference number

PT/75/2/3

Earliest possible date

1841

Physical description

Graphite on paper, mounted on blue board

Page extent

1 page

Format

Drawing