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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
614 - LDGSL/614 - Unpublished artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
1 - LDGSL/614/1 - Unpublished artwork for 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' - folio 1
Ref No
LDGSL/614/1/79b-c
Title
Pencil sketches and rubbing of the ornament of a scale of Holoptychius Omaliusii Agassiz
Date
[?1835]
Level
File
Extent
2 items
Format
Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description
Pencil sketches of the ornament on the scale of the fossil fish Holoptychius Omaliusii Agassiz and a pencil rubbing of the same, possibly sent to Agassiz by William Buckland, [?1835]. There are captions on both items stating that the scale was found by Jean Baptiste Julien d'Omalius d'Halloy in the lower shelly bed of Dudley limestone at the Castle north west of Namur, near Gembloux in 1835.
Note: Buckland's signature in pencil appears on one of the items.
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Administrative History
Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published.
Access Conditions
Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language
n/a
Related Material
A drawing of the same specimen is at LDGSL/615 Folio 4, sheet 36 (2).
ArchNote
Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
Subject
Palaeoichthyology
Palaeontology
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/11
BUCKLAND; William (1784-1856); geologist and dean of Westminster
1784-1856
DS/UK/801
OMALIUS D'HALLOY; Jean Baptiste Julien d' (1783-1875); geologist
1783-1875
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