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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'
  - 29 - LDGSL/615/29 - 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge': folio 4, sheet 29

Ref No	LDGSL/615/29/2
Title	Watercolour of Diplopterus borealis Agassiz
Date	[1834-1841]
Date Note	Likely range of drawings copied from this collection, drawing by Dinkel watermarked 1841
Level	Item
Extent	1 drawing
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of an almost complete specimen of the fossil fish Diplopterus borealis Agassiz by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1841]. Found in Pomona [Orkney], from the collection of Dr Thomas Stewart Traill.
Thumbnail	$35\647695-0d9e-46db-bc26-b32e330d195a.jpg$
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' (1844/5), Tab 18, fig 2
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/181	DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist	[1806-1891]
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/1113	TRAILL; Thomas Stewart (1781-1862); chemist and mineralogist	1781-1862

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA269	Orkney Islands
NA67	Scotland

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