Ref NoLDGSL/615/29/1
TitleWatercolour of Diplopterus borealis Agassiz
Date[1835-1841]
Date NoteGenus referenced in 1835, Agassiz visited collection in 1840, drawing by Dinkel of this collection watermarked 1841
LevelItem
Extent1 drawing
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionWatercolour of an incomplete specimen of the fossil fish Diplopterus borealis Agassiz (missing head) possibly by Jacques Bourkhardt, [1835-1841]. Found in Pomona [Orkney], from the collection of Dr Thomas Stewart Traill.
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Languagen/a
Publication NotePublished in Agassiz, J L R, 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844/5), Tab 18, fig 1
ArchNoteBased on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameBOURKHARDT | Jacques | [1808]-1867 | natural history artist
SubjectDevonian
Previous referenceLDGSL 615
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/44AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist1807-1873
DS/UK/1113TRAILL; Thomas Stewart (1781-1862); chemist and mineralogist1781-1862
DS/UK/1035BOURKHARDT; Jacques ([1808]-1867); natural history artist[1808]-1867
Places
CodePlaceName
NA269Orkney Islands
NA67Scotland
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