Gonium: alga
Gonium is a genus of colonial algae where individual algal cells are held together by gelatinous strands. Each cell has two cilia. PH Gosse probably used this chalk drawing as a teaching aid.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/20
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- white and coloured chalks on paper painted black
- Common Name
- Gonium: alga
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Gonium
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production County
- Devon
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1880