Ref NoLDGSL/613/6/20/5
TitleWatercolours of Acrognathus Boops Agassiz
Date[1834-1836]
Date NoteBased on dates of other drawings from this collection by this artist. Published 1837 but Dinkel leaves Agassiz's service in 1836.
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionFour watercolour views of a single specimen of the fossil fish Acrognathus Boops Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1836]. Drawing is annotated 'British Museum', however according to the printed text the specimen (which was the only one Agassiz was aware of) was from the Lewes Chalk, and in the collection of Gideon Mantell.
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Publication NotePublished in Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 5, Tab 60a, fig 1-4. Livraison issued 1837.
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameDINKEL | Joseph Wenceslas Anton | [1806-1891] | natural history artist
SubjectCretaceous
Previous referenceLDGSL 613
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/181DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist[1806-1891]
DS/UK/17MANTELL; Gideon Algernon (1790-1852); surgeon and geologist1790-1852
Places
CodePlaceName
NA574Lewes
NA181East Sussex
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