Ref NoLDGSL/614/3/210/4
TitleSketches of Thrissops minutus, Leptolepis nanus Egerton, Oxygonius tenuis, Ceramurus Egerton and Leptolepis Brodiei
Date[pre 1845]
Date NotePublication of Brodie's book
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour and pencil sketches of the fossil fish Thrissops minutus, Leptolepis nanus Egerton, Oxygonius tenuis, Ceramurus Egerton and Leptolepis Brodiei, by unknown artist, [before 1845]. From the Wealden 'Insect Limestone'
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Administrative HistoryThe sheet of drawings appears to relate to Louis Agassiz's and Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton's contribution to Peter Bellinger Brodie's book 'A history of the fossil insects in the secondary rocks of England. Accompanied by a particular account of the strata in which they occur, and of the circumstances connected with their preservation' (1845).
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LanguageFrench
Publication NoteSome of the drawings are very similar to that in Brodie, P B, 'A history of the fossil insects in the secondary rocks of England. Accompanied by a particular account of the strata in which they occur, and of the circumstances connected with their preservation', London: John van Voorst (1845), plate 1.
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/93EGERTON; Sir; Philip de Malpas Grey (1806-1881); tenth baronet; palaeontologist and politician1806-1881
DS/UK/41BRODIE; Peter Bellinger (1815-1897); Church of England clergyman and geologist1815-1897
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
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