| Ref No | LDGSL/213 |
| Title | Watercolours of Cumana after the 1853 earthquake and the Morros of San Juan, Venezuela |
| Date | 1859 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 2 items |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Two pencil and watercolour drawings of Venezuela by George Parkes WALL, 1859:
1) 'Cumana exhibiting the buildings destroyed by the earthquake on August 15 1853', showing a bird's eye view of the town and landscape labelling the buildings which have been destroyed.
2) 'The Morros of San Juan in the western range', view of the landscape pointing out areas of limestone and sedimentary strata. |
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| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | From a paper read before the Society on 16 May 1860 and published as "On the geology of a part of Venezuela and of Trinidad", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 16, pp460-470 (drawings were not reproduced in final published article). |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | WALL | George Parkes | 1832-1912 | mining engineer, steel manufacturer and geologist |
| Term | Earthquakes |
| Natural disasters |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 213 |