Brain of a guillemot: figures showing dissections and microscopic views of the brain. Watercolour, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, ca 1906.

1906

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 56.3 x 77.4 cm

Guillemot Hand-written notes on verso, including 'Guillemot's brain. Picked up on W. Renton [?] beach, Easter or Xmas 1905 Drawing is annotated by hand in pencil and ink

The name of the zoologist responsible for this drawing is not known, although the subjects of the dissections in this series of watercolours suggests an Australasian, such as Denis Gascoigne Lillie or T. Jeffery Parker. One of the specimens depicted in the series was picked up at 'W. Renton [?] beach', which has not been located

Wellcome Collection 573014i