Date Note | Hellier Baily appointed in 1837, however other drawings from this collection dated 1838. |
Description | Watercolour study of a tooth from an unidentified fossil fish [?Acrodus] by William Hellier Baily, [?1838]. Found in Carboniferous Limestone, Black Rock, Bristol, from the collection of James Johnson Esq. Also marked 'Stuchbury', which is likely to indicate Samuel Stutchbury, curator of the Bristol Institution, who sent Agassiz drawings from Johnson's collection. |
Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
William Hellier Baily was appointed assistant curator in Bristol Museum in 1837. |