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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'
  - 26 - LDGSL/615/26 - 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge': folio 4, sheet 26

Ref No	LDGSL/615/26/4
Title	Watercolour of the trunk of Cheiracanthus microlepidotus Agassiz
Date	[1841]
Date Note	Partial, legible date on drawing, other drawings of this collection by artist.
Level	Item
Extent	1 drawing
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of an imperfect specimen [trunk] of the fossil fish Cheiracanthus microlepidotus Agassiz, with scale detail, by Jacques Bourkhardt, [1841]. From the collection of Lady Gordon-Cumming, from Lethen Bar.
Thumbnail	$98\d2093f-f5c2-414a-9672-b54907e714b8.jpg$
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 15, fig 3 [same specimen but different drawing]
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	BOURKHARDT \| Jacques \| [1808]-1867 \| natural history artist
Previous reference	LDGSL 615

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/1035	BOURKHARDT; Jacques ([1808]-1867); natural history artist	[1808]-1867
DS/UK/1144	CUMMING; Lady; Eliza Maria Gordon- (1797-1842); née Campbell; fossil collector	1797-1842
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA567	Lethen Bar

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