Date Note | Watermark on paper 1832, however numbering of other drawings fits in with those by different artists of this collection from 1836-1837 |
Description | Watercolour study, with pencil details, of the fossil fish Amblypterus Agassizii, by Joseph Rössert of Bamberg, [1836-1837]. Sheet includes detailed text descriptions of the drawings in German.
Note: Marked in light pencil at the top 'Tab 4a', which corresponds with the species illustrated in Volume 2, plate 4, although not published. |
Administrative History | Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published. |
CustodialHistory | From a folder marked Amblypterus, Palaeoniscus and Catopterus' |