Untitled: anemone: coral
- Description
- This chalk drawing by PH Gosse shows the detail of the stinging cells of several anemones and corals. Sagartia was a genus of anemone that Gosse himself first described in 1855 (bottom right). Caryophyllia, Corynactis and Bunodes are genera of stony coral that closely resemble anemones.
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/18
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- white chalk on paper painted black
- Common Name
- Untitled: anemone: coral
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Full Name
- Untitled: Hydra: Bunodes: Caraphylla: Sagartia: Corynactis: anemone: coral
- Dimensions
- image H 575 mm; image length 435 mm; total sheet H 607 mm; total sheet length 468 mm
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1880
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Area Region
- Northern Europe
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Family Group
- Inscription / Transcription
- Hydra, Bunodes, Caraphylla, Sagartia, Corynactis
