Date Note | Watermark and date of publication of other images from the Jones collection. |
Description | Eight watercolour and pencil studies of the fin spines of the fossil fish Onchus falcatus, Physonemus subteres, Onchus plicatus, Ctenacanthus heterogyrus, Ctenacanthus crenulatus Agassiz, Onchus rectus, Leptacanthus ?plicatus and ?Cricanthus, probably by Joseph Dinkel, [1838-1843]. Found in Carboniferous Limestone, Armagh, from the collection of Captain Theobald Jones. Drawings marked nos 46-53.
Sheet size: 380mm (w) x 242mm (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." |