| Description | Small watercolour sketch of the fossil fish Pterichthys Milleri, by Jonathan Stiven, Elgin, 1839. Found by the Reverend George Gordon in Clune, Nairnshire.
Caption in ink: 'Drawing 13 - Inferior division of the Old Red Sandstone. Upper surface of a small and probably distinct species. The centre bone is large.'
Caption in pencil: 'No.14, 15 & 16 in possession of Mr Lonsdale Plant[?]'. This caption is written over earlier notes which have been rubbed out. William Lonsdale was, until 1836, the Society's Museum Curator. From 1838 he acted as Librarian and Assistant Secretary. |
| Administrative History | Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
The caption referring to drawing number indicates that it was likely to have been amongst the folio of drawings, mainly by Jonathan Stiven, sent to Louis Agassiz by Alexander Robertson in 1841. The rest survive in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. |