Spiny spider crab
Gosse often secured this rather sluggish crab by dredging in the waters of Weymouth Bay, Tor Bay or off Ilfracombe. On many occasions he was accompanied by Charles Kingsley, author of Westward Ho! Common in the North Atlantic and Arctic oceans, this crab has the dubious distinction of being the first non-indigenous species recorded from Antarctic seas.
Object Summary
- Accession Loan No.
- 809/1997/69
- Category
- Fine Art
- Collection Class
- Drawings
- Medium
- paper collage on paper painted black
- Common Name
- Spiny spider crab
- Simple Name
- drawing
- Inscription Transcription
- Hyas
- Period Classification
- Victorian (1837-1901)
- Production Town
- Production Country
- United Kingdom: England
- Production Date
- c 1860
- Production Person Initials
- Philip Henry
- Production Person Surname
- Gosse
- Production Year Low
- 1850
- Production Year High
- 1880
