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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
- 613 - LDGSL/613 - Artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
  - 2 - LDGSL/613/2 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 2 (part 1)
    - 54 - LDGSL/613/2/54 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 2 (part 1), sheet 54

Ref No	LDGSL/613/2/54/2
Title	Watercolour of Tetragonolepis dorsalis Agassiz
Date	[1834-1836]
Date Note	Dinkel's arrival in Britain, date of publication of another drawing, Weber drawing dated 1835, collection referenced in 'Jahrbuch...' (1835).
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of the fossil fish Tetragonolepis dorsalis Agassiz, probably by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1836]. Found in the Lias, Byrford Gloucester, from the collection of Charles Stokes. Unpublished. Annotated by Agassiz, 1841. Appears to be the same specimen as LDGSL/613/2/54/4.
Thumbnail	$70\bc0800-8373-4403-b2ea-88b4e39a2af0.jpg$
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	French
Related Material	Stokes' collection was acquired by Philip de Malpas Egerton and the Earl of Enniskillen and specimen (if it is extant) is likely to be held by the Natural History Museum which purchased the two men's fossil cabinets.
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	DINKEL \| Joseph Wenceslas Anton \| [1806-1891] \| natural history artist
Previous reference	LDGSL 613

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/416	STOKES; Charles (1783-1853); stockbroker, geologist and collector	1783-1853
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/181	DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist	[1806-1891]

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA88	Gloucestershire

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