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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
614 - LDGSL/614 - Unpublished artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
3 - LDGSL/614/3 - Unpublished artwork for 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' - Folio 3
210 - LDGSL/614/3/210 - 210
Ref No
LDGSL/614/3/210/5
Title
Drawing of Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton
Date
[pre 1845]
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Format
Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description
Pencil drawing of the fossil fish Cyclobatis oligodactylus Egerton, by James Erxleben, [before 1845]. From Lebanon in the collection of Philip de Malpas Grey Egerton.
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Administrative History
Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844).
Access Conditions
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Language
English
Publication Note
Artwork for Egerton, P G, "Description of a Fossil Ray from Mount Lebanon (Cyclobatis oligodactylus)", Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol 1 (1845), pp225-229, plate 5.
ArchNote
Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName
ERXLEBEN | James | fl 1830s-1840s | scientific illustrator
Previous reference
LDGSL/614
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/93
EGERTON; Sir; Philip de Malpas Grey (1806-1881); tenth baronet; palaeontologist and politician
1806-1881
DS/UK/2389
ERXLEBEN; James (fl 1830s-1840s); scientific illustrator
fl 1830s-1840s
DS/UK/44
AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
1807-1873
Places
Code
PlaceName
NA291
Lebanon
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