Glass crabs
- Description
- This chalk drawing is by PH Gosse and was probably used as a teaching aid. It is annotated with the words ‘glass crabs’ which refers to the larval stage of certain species of crustacean. They are so named for their very transparent nature. It is similar to the line drawing of Phyllosoma commune on p146 of his book ‘A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles’.
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/19
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- white, blue and green chalks on 2 sheets of paper painted black (one stuck down on top of the other)
- Common Name
- Glass crabs
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Full Name
- Glass crabs
- Dimensions
- image H 529 mm; image length 422 mm; total sheet H 611 mm; total sheet length 479 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
- Glass crabs
