Ref NoLDGSL/600
TitleLithograph of 'Actinoceras'
Date[pre 1867]
LevelFile
Extent1 print
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionFrancis WRIGHT, chalk, ink and pen lithograph of 'Actinoceras (Mountain Limestone) Newbury Marble Works - The Peak, Derbyshire, section in the museum, Osmaston Manor', by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son after S Hurd, [before 1867].
Administrative HistorySpecimen is now named Rayonnoceras sp., and appears to be in the Natural History Museum (ref: 39882), although some grinding and repolishing has taken place since the print was made.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteSource: Thackray, J. "Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain", 'Archives of Natural History', vol 12 (1985), pp175-199. Description by John Thackray.
CreatorNameWRIGHT | Francis Beresford | 1806-1873 | iron manufacturer
SubjectCephalopoda
Lower Carboniferous
Previous referenceLDGSL 600
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/587WRIGHT; Francis Beresford (1806-1873); iron manufacturer1806-1873
Places
CodePlaceName
NA287Derbyshire
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