Ref NoLDGSL/114
TitleWatercolour of 'Gigantic pair of fossil horns' from South Africa
Date[1839]
LevelFile
Extent1 ms sheet
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionAndrew Geddes BAIN, watercolour painting 'Gigantic pair of fossil horns discovered in Oct 1838 at Modder River one of the tributaries of Orange river South Africa', [1839]. Drawing has a two pencil annotations describing dimensions and anatomical features.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteAccompanying letter read before the Society, 20 November 1839, and abstract published in: 'Proceedings of the Geological Society of London', vol 3 (1839), p152.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameBAIN | Andrew Geddes | [1797]-1864 | South African geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer
SubjectUngulata
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/447BAIN; Andrew Geddes ([1797]-1864); South African geologist, road engineer, palaeontologist and explorer[1797]-1864
Places
CodePlaceName
NA156Orange Free State
NA160South Africa
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