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Watercolour of a ferret brain with pink and blue washes showing a large side section and three smaller cross-sections with handwritten labels.

Brain of a ferret: four figures showing sections through the brain. Watercolour, possibly by D. Gascoigne Lillie, ca. 1905.

A watercolour on paper showing a large sagittal section of a brain in pink and blue washes, with a cerebellum at upper right and smaller cross-sections in the lower corners. Fine ink lines and handwritten labels mark the structures, and the layered tissue is rendered in soft tonal gradations.

Artist
Lillie, Denis Gascoigne, 1888-1963.
Date
1905
Medium
Watercolors
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
4000 × 2890 px
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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1905.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Wellcome Collection)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection

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