Engraved natural history plate with five numbered groups: small eggs or embryos in circles, a tadpole-like animal, branching shapes, and a long creature labeled with letters.

Engraved plate of eggs, larvae and small animals, Spallanzani, 1789

Black-and-white engraved plate marked PL. III, showing five numbered groups of small natural forms: roundels with tiny eggs or embryos, a tadpole-like creature, branching fibrous shapes, and an elongated animal on a ribbon. Letters and numbers label individual parts for reference, in the style of a late eighteenth-century natural history book illustration.

Artist: Lazzaro Spallanzani
Date: 1789
Medium
Source: Wellcome Collection
Size: 2728 × 4000 px

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Public domain · Wellcome Collection marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1789.
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

18th century 1780s 1789 scientific illustration copperplate plate black and white engraving eggs natural history engraving