| Date Note | Agassiz was shown the Burdie House material by Hibbert during the BA meeting of 1834; date of other drawings from this collection |
| Administrative History | The drawing's caption references Dr [Samuel] Hibbert, who discovered various fossiliferous material in the limestone quarry of Burdie House, outside of Edinburgh. Concerned that the fossils would be pillaged by various collectors, he convinced the Royal Society of Edinburgh to collect them systematically. |