Date Note | Watermark of drawing, date of publication of other drawings from Rankin's collection |
Description | Watercolour study of a bone fragment [?jaw], with detail, from the skull of an unnamed fossil fish, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841-1843]. Probably found in the Coal Measures, Lanarkshire, Scotland, from the collection of Dr Daniel Rankin. |
Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
Daniel Rankin lent Agassiz a large number of specimens, which were drawn by Dinkel in London. |