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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
613 - LDGSL/613 - Artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
6 - LDGSL/613/6 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 5
20 - LDGSL/613/6/20 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles': volume 5, sheet 20
Ref No
LDGSL/613/6/20/1
Title
Watercolour of the beak of Tetrapterus minor
Date
[1834-1836]
Date Note
Based on dates of other drawings from this collection by this artist. Published 1837 but Dinkel leaves Agassiz's service in 1836.
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Format
Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description
Watercolour views of the beak of the fossil swordfish Tetrapterus minor, by Joseph Dinkel. [1834-1836]. According to the printed text, the specimen was from the Lewes Chalk, in the collection of Gideon Mantell.
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Language
n/a
Publication Note
Published in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 5, Tab 60a, fig 9-10. Livraison issued 1837.
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
Subject
Cretaceous
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/181
DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist
[1806-1891]
DS/UK/17
MANTELL; Gideon Algernon (1790-1852); surgeon and geologist
1790-1852
Places
Code
PlaceName
NA574
Lewes
NA181
East Sussex
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