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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
- 615 - LDGSL/615 - Artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' & 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge'
  - 22 - LDGSL/615/22 - 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge': folio 4, sheet 22

Ref No	LDGSL/615/22/1
Title	Watercolour of Osteolepis major Agassiz
Date	[1841]
Date Note	Date of other drawings of this collection by this artist
Level	Item
Extent	1 drawing
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of the fossil fish Osteolepis major Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1841]. Found in Lethen-Bar, from the collection of Lady Gordon-Cumming. Note: the published text states that the specimen was discovered by Rev Gordon in the environs of Gordon Castle.
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Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
Publication Note	Published in Agassiz, J L R, 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844), Tab 19, Fig 1
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	DINKEL \| Joseph Wenceslas Anton \| [1806-1891] \| natural history artist
Subject	Devonian
Previous reference	LDGSL/615

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1144	CUMMING; Lady; Eliza Maria Gordon- (1797-1842); née Campbell; fossil collector	1797-1842
DS/UK/181	DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist	[1806-1891]
DS/UK/1142	GORDON; George (1801-1893); Reverend; naturalist, geologist and archaeologist	1801-1893
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA567	Lethen Bar
NA67	Scotland

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