Brain of an eel: figure showing a dissection of the brain. Watercolour, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, ca 1906.

1906

1 painting : watercolour ; sheet 29.0 x 55.8 cm

Eel Extensive hand-written notes on verso Drawing annotated by hand in pen and pencil

The name of the zoologist responsible for this drawing is not known, although the subjects of the dissections in this series of watercolours suggests an Australasian, such as Denis Gascoigne Lillie or T. Jeffery Parker. One of the specimens depicted in the series was picked up at 'W. Renton [?] beach', which has not been located

Wellcome Collection 573026i