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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/615/33/2
Title
Drawing of the trunk of Holoptychius flemingii Agassiz
Date
1840
Level
Item
Extent
1 drawing
Format
Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description
Pencil drawings of the trunk (mainly scales) of the fossil fish Homothorax flemingii Agassiz by Dr John Fleming, 1840. Found in Dura Den, Fife, from the collection of John Fleming.
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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
Published in Agassiz, J L R, 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1844/5), Tab 22, fig 1
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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