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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
- 613 - LDGSL/613 - Artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
  - 3 - LDGSL/613/3 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 2 (part 2)
    - 29 - LDGSL/613/3/29 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 2 (part 2), sheet 29

Ref No	LDGSL/613/3/29/1
Title	Watercolour of Megalurus lepidotus Agassiz [Amiopsis lepidota (Agassiz, 1833)]
Date	[1831]
Date Note	Other Munich drawings by artist dated 1831; published 1842
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour, with pencil study of scale structure, of the fossil fish Megalurus lepidotus Agassiz [Amiopsis lepidota (Agassiz, 1833)], by Charles Weber, [1831]. Found in Solnhofen, from Munich Museum. Very light pencil annotations at top of drawing.
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Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Related Material	Original specimen, which is the holotype of Amiopsis lepidota (Agassiz, 1833), held by the Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns, SNSB-BSPG AS I 676a
Publication Note	Published in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, Tab 51a. Livraison issued 1842
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam. Modern taxonomy and specimen location provided by Martin Ebert (2021)
CreatorName	WEBER \| Joseph Charles \| 1801-1875 \| natural history artist
Previous reference	LDGSL 613

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/1033	WEBER; Joseph Charles (1801-1875); natural history artist	1801-1875

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA519	Solnhofen
NA534	Bavaria
NA74	Germany

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