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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'
  - 33 - LDGSL/615/33 - 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge': folio 4, sheet 33

Ref No	LDGSL/615/33/1
Title	Drawings of Homothorax flemingii Agassiz
Date	1840
Level	Item
Extent	1 drawing
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Three pencil studies of the fossil fish Homothorax flemingii Agassiz, by Dr John Fleming, 1840. Found in Dura Den and Drymdryan, Fife, from John Fleming's collection.
Thumbnail	$6f\c13b8b-1944-4911-ba48-fcc0b2fa944f.jpg$
Administrative History	Likely to be one of three drawings collected by Louis Agassiz on his visit to see Professor John Fleming's collection in October 1840.
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
Publication Note	Figure 4 on the sheet published in Agassiz, J L R, 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844/5), Tab 31, fig 6.
ArchNote	Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName	FLEMING \| John \| 1785-1857 \| naturalist and Free Church of Scotland minister
Subject	Devonian
Previous reference	LDGSL 615

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/2134	FLEMING; John (1785-1857); naturalist and Free Church of Scotland minister	1785-1857
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA200	Fifeshire
NA67	Scotland

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