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Ref No	LDGSL/613/3/65/3
Title	Watercolour of Microdon radiatus Agassiz [Proscinetes radiatus]
Date	[1841]
Date Note	According to Andrews (1982), Hugh Edwin Strickland sent his fossils to Louis Agassiz in 1840, and they were drawn in 1841.
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of a complete specimen of the fossil fish Microdon radiatus Agassiz [Proscinetes radiatus], by Joseph Dinkel, [1841]. Locality: Purbeck Limestone, from the collection of Hugh Edwin Strickland.
Thumbnail	$bc\7b62ae-5e36-436e-bcd2-6b8379304182.jpg$
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
Related Material	Original specimen held by the Sedgwick Museum of Earth Sciences, University of Cambridge, CAM-J.13762.
Publication Note	Published in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, Tab 69c, fig 1. Plate issued in 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	DINKEL \| Joseph Wenceslas Anton \| [1806-1891] \| natural history artist
Previous reference	LDGSL 613

Persons

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

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