Item PZ 45.2 Pencil illustration and notes - Polyzoa, six species, by J. Ripper

Summary

Pencil illustration of six bryozoan species by James Ripper. This work was commissioned by Frederick McCoy, the first Director of The National Museum of Victoria, for Plate 45 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria; Figures and descriptions of the living species of all classes of the Victoria indigenous animals. A list of the illustrated spsecies in McCoy's hand is on the verso.

Illustrated species: Flustra denticulata (= Hincksinoflustra denticulata), Carbasea episcopalis (= Euthyroides episcopalis), Carbasea dissimilis (= Bugularia dissimilis), Carbasea indivisa, Carbasea elegans and Carbasea pisciformis.

The print forms part of the much larger Prodromus Collection. Many of the original illustrations and prints in the collection informed the production of The Prodromus, the first major publication of the National Museum of Victoria. Between 1878 and 1890, McCoy published his zoology 'Prodromus' as 20 parts in two volumes, with each part comprising 20 Plates. Unfortunately, almost 90 plates in the collection remain unpublished, and hundreds of illustrations were either not completed or not printed.. Series of illustrations finally published as Plate 68 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.by James Ripper. Finally published as Plate 68 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.

Description of Content

Series of Bryozoan illustrations finally published as Plate 45 in The Prodromus of the Zoology of Victoria by Frederick McCoy.