Pelagia (young) Weymouth 1843: Pelagia noctiluca: jellyfish
This pencil and watercolour drawing by Philip Henry Gosse depicts a young form of the jellyfish Pelagia noctiluca sometimes called the ‘mauve stinger’ for its lavender adult colouration.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 114/1920/19
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- pencil and watercolour on paper
- Common Name
- Pelagia (young) Weymouth 1843: Pelagia noctiluca: jellyfish
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Pelagia (young) Weymouth 1843
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- 1843
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Year Low
- Production Year High
