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Unpublished figures labelled 1-3, 5, and 7 showing magnified views of hairs on the appendages of various Crustacea. Inscribed with publication and plate details, including a note that reads '(figs withdrawn)'. Figures drawn separately and pasted onto backing sheet. A series of struck-out watercolour drawings appearing to show zoological figures visible verso. Not signed. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Zoology / Marine Biology

Created in conjunction with paper published in Philosophical Transactions titled 'On the structure and functions of the hairs of the Crustacea' by Campbell Greig de Morgan.

Received by the Royal Society on 13 March 1858. Read 29 April 1858.

Reference number
PT/75/7/54
Earliest possible date
1858
Physical description
Graphite on card, mounted on paper
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Drawing

Creator name

Campbell Greig De Morgan

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Campbell Greig De Morgan, Unpublished drawings, hairs on Crustacea appendages by [Edwin M Williams], 1858, PT/75/7/54, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_7_54/unpublished-drawings-hairs-on-crustacea-appendages-by-edwin-m-williams, accessed on 18 April 2026

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