Ref No | LDGSL/610 |
Title | Lithograph of 'Himalayan fossils' |
Date | [1839] |
Level | File |
Extent | 3 copies |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Lithograph print, 'Himalayan fossils', drawn and lithographed by James De Carle Sowerby, printed by Graf and Soret and published by Parbury Allen & Co, [1839]. Sheet depicts images of three sets of fossils, described as:
1) 'Fossil bones obtained by Messrs Webb and Traill, from the elevated land on the N E line of Snowy Peaks' [including a cranium and jaw from a unnamed ruminant] 2) 'Fossil teeth found by Lieutenant Cautley in the Lower Range on the S W or plainward base of the Himalayas' 3) 'Fossil shells discovered by Mr Gerard in the elevated Valley of the Spiti, N W of Kunawur' |
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Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
Language | English |
Related Material | See also LDGSL/460 |
Publication Note | The print is plate 3 from Forbes Royle, J, 'Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains: and of the flora of Cashmere', London: William H Allen (1839). |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
CreatorName | SOWERBY | James De Carle | 1787-1871 | naturalist and artist |
Previous reference | LDGSL 610 |