Date Note | Dates range of publication of specimens from the Jones collection. Some drawings in this series watermarked 1842. |
Description | Ten watercolour studies of mostly fin spines from various fossil fish, including Leptacanthus priscus/Onchus?, Oracanthus minor, Physonemus subteres, Onchus falcatus Agassiz, Asteracanthus/Cladacanthus and Oracanthus Milleri, confluens Agassiz, probably by Joseph Dinkel, [1838-1843]. Found in Carboniferous Limestone, Armagh, from the collection of Captain Theobald Jones. Drawings marked no.33-42.
Sheet size: 382mm (w) x 234mm (h). |
Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844). |
CustodialHistory | From an envelope marked "Jones Collection. Carb. Limestone, Armagh and Rankine & Carluke Comm. Coal Measures Scotland." |