Date Note | One of the drawings is watermarked 1810, annotations probably reference Sowerby's 'Mineral Conchology' (1812-1829). |
Description | Seven watercolours of fossils from Hunstanton and Olney, by Richard Cowling TAYLOR, [c.1810s-1820s].
Comprising:
1) ?Madrepore, from the white chalk, Hunstanton Cliff. 2) Untitled ammonite 3) Gryphaea bullata, Blue Gorlt Olney - Oxford Clay or Clunch Clay [annotated ?? at Horncastle in Clunch Clay - Lincolnshire] 4) Untitled - mostly miscellaneous bivalves 5) Avicula echinata and Avicula media 6) Ammonites discus, Chellington Beds & Pentamerus [crossed out], Pavingham Beds 7) Nautilus lineatus, Cornbrash, Bromham, rock & two other bivalves
Note: a number of the images have been annotated 'Sy Tab**'. This is likely to be referencing plates in James Sowerby's 'Mineral Conchology'. |