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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'
  - 51 - LDGSL/615/51 - 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'/'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge': folio 4, sheet 51

Ref No	LDGSL/615/51/2
Title	Watercolour of two specimens of Osteolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz
Date	[1835-1836]
Date Note	Earliest drawings by this artist, date of publication
Level	Item
Extent	1 drawing
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of two incomplete specimens of the fossil fish Osteolepis macrolepidotus Agassiz by Jacques Bourkhardt, [1835-1836. Mahala Andrews identifies the specimen on the left as deriving from Orkney or Caithness and being from the collection of Thomas Stewart Traill.
Thumbnail	$27\ee2146-8289-4743-8602-0eabf5fb65f8.jpg$
Access Conditions	Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language	n/a
Publication Note	One image published in Agassiz, J L R, 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/4), Vol II, Tab 2c, fig 1. Livraison published 1836.
ArchNote	Source: Andrews, S M 'Discovery of Fossil Fishes in Scotland up to 1845' (1982); based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam.
CreatorName	BOURKHARDT \| Jacques \| [1808]-1867 \| natural history artist
Subject	Devonian
Previous reference	LDGSL 615

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873
DS/UK/1035	BOURKHARDT; Jacques ([1808]-1867); natural history artist	[1808]-1867
DS/UK/1113	TRAILL; Thomas Stewart (1781-1862); chemist and mineralogist	1781-1862

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA340	Caithness
NA269	Orkney Islands
NA67	Scotland

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