Drawings, 'Fibre' [blood corpuscles and muscular fibres] by [Martin Barry]

Description

Plate 11, figures 144-157 showing blood corpuscles and fibres from various animals including a frog, a newt [Triton cristatus; Triturus cristatus; northern crested newt], an ornithorhynchus [Ornithorhynchus anatinus; platypus], a human, a sheep, a newt [Lissotriton punctatus; Lissotriton vulgaris; smooth newt], a shrimp, and a lobster. Inscribed with publication and plate details. An ink inscription to right of title, in brackets, reads 'The Engraver to receive instructions from the author before putting this in hand'. An ink inscription verso reads 'On Fibre: additional observations, Drawings and Explanations'. 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/75/2/8

Earliest possible date

1841

Physical description

Graphite on paper, mounted on blue board

Page extent

2 pages

Format

Drawing