Ref NoLDGSL/544/2
Title'Sketches of fossil Alcyonia from the Green Sand Formation at Warminster Common'
Date1816
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
Description'Sketches of fossil Alcyonia from the Green Sand Formation at Warminster Common and in the immediate vicinity of Wiltshire', by Miss Etheldred BENETT, 1816. Bound volume, containing 20 ink drawings of fossil sponges and short, manuscript introduction by Etheldred Benett.
Administrative HistoryThe work appears to have originally contained only 16 drawings, however another four examples appear to have been added in later. According to the text, the fossils were discovered by George Warren of Warminster.
ProvenancePresented to the Society by Etheldred Benett, 15 March 1816.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameBENETT | Etheldred | 1775-1845 | fossil collector and geologist
SubjectPorifera
TermFossils
Previous referenceLDGSL 761
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/60BENETT; Etheldred (1775-1845); fossil collector and geologist1775-1845
Places
CodePlaceName
NA53Wiltshire
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