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Drawing, 'Brathyergus maritimus' by [W Wing]

Reference number: PT/75/4/22

Date: 22 January 1850

Description

Plate 46, figure 47 showing a vertical section of the upper incisor of the Brathyergus maritimus [Ursus maritimus; polar bear?]. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Figure dated in pencil bottom left '22/1/50'. Not signed.

Subject: Zoology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the structure of the dental tissues of the order Rodentia' by John Tomes.

Received by the Royal Society on 19 February 1850. Read 30 May 1850.

Reference number
PT/75/4/22
Earliest possible date
22 January 1850
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Graphite on artists' paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Drawing

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John Tomes

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John Tomes, Drawing, 'Brathyergus maritimus' by [W Wing], 22 January 1850, PT/75/4/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_4_22/drawing-brathyergus-maritimus-by-w-wing, accessed on 20 April 2026

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