Brain of a chick: four figures showing dissections of the brain. Watercolour, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, ca. 1905.
- Lillie, Denis Gascoigne, 1888-1963.
- Date:
- 1905
- Reference:
- 572974i
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1905
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1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 56.1 x 77.6 cm
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Brain of chicken: 18th day
Hand-written notes on verso begin 'Brain of a chick. 18th day. Specially done for the pituitary'
Images are annotated by hand in pen
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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
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Wellcome Collection 572974i
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