Cyanea capillata: lion's mane jellyfish
This chalk drawing by PH Gosse shows the life cycle of the lion’s mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata). It was probably used as a teaching aid.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/43
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- white chalk on paper painted black
- Common Name
- Cyanea capillata: lion's mane jellyfish
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Cyanea Capillata
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- 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
