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Ref No	LDGSL/614/1/70a
Title	Watercolour of [Megalichthys maxillaris]
Date	[1834-1844]
Date Note	Earliest date of other drawings of this species, Dinkel arrives in Britain in 1834; date of final livraison.
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Three watercolour studies of fragments from the fossil fish [Megalichthys maxillaris], possibly by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1844]. 'From stone from the coal formation of Coalbrook Dale, Salop'. From the collection of William Anstice Esq of Madeley [Wood]. Note: fish identification given by Mahala Andrews in 1979.
Thumbnail	$17\74b147-ceee-4e1b-a85d-7fa2ad5c9c1a.jpg$
Administrative History	Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	DINKEL \| Joseph Wenceslas Anton \| [1806-1891] \| natural history artist
CreatorName	AGASSIZ \| Jean Louis Rudolphe \| 1807-1873 \| palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
Subject	Palaeoichthyology
	Palaeontology
	Upper Carboniferous
Previous reference	LDGSL 614

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/181	DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist	[1806-1891]
DS/UK/1106	ANSTICE; William (1781-1850); ironmaster and geological collector	1781-1850

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