Drawing, 'Lepus americanus' by W Wing
Reference number: PT/75/4/25
Date: 29 January 1850
Description
Plate 46, figure 53 showing a longitudinal section of the molar of the Lepus americanus [snowshoe hare]. Inscribed with figure, publication, and plate details. Dated in pencil bottom left, '29/1/50'. Signed in pencil along bottom 'W Wing del'.
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/75/4/25
- Earliest possible date
- 29 January 1850
- Physical description
- Graphite on artists' paper
- Page extent
- 1 page
- Format
- Drawing
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John Tomes, Drawing, 'Lepus americanus' by W Wing, 29 January 1850, PT/75/4/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_4_25/drawing-lepus-americanus-by-w-wing, accessed on 20 April 2026
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XXVIII. On the structure of the dental tissues of the order rodentia External link, opens in new tab.
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Date: 31st December 1851
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0242
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