Ref NoLDGSL/613/4/41/2
TitleWatercolours of Fin spines of Ptychodus spectabilis Agassiz
Date[1834-1836]
Date NoteBased on dates of other drawings from this collection by this artist. Published 1837
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour studies of two partial fin spines from the fossil fish Ptychodus spectabilis Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1836]. Locality: Chalk, from the collection of Gideon Mantell. According to the printed text, the specimens were found in the Chalk of Lewes.
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Publication NotePublished in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 3, Tab 10a, fig 1 & 3. Plate issued in 1837. Earlier image of at least one of the specimens in Gideon Mantell's 'Fossils of the South Downs' (1822), plate 39
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameDINKEL | Joseph Wenceslas Anton | [1806-1891] | natural history artist
SubjectCretaceous
Previous referenceLDGSL 613
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/181DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist[1806-1891]
DS/UK/17MANTELL; Gideon Algernon (1790-1852); surgeon and geologist1790-1852
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
Places
CodePlaceName
NA574Lewes
NA181East Sussex
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