| Ref No | LDGSL/615 |
| Title | Artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' & 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' |
| Date | [1834]-1845 |
| Level | Series |
| Extent | 52 sheets |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Jean Louis Rudolphe AGASSIZ, paintings, drawings and one photograph of Devonian fossil fish and eurypterids by Joseph Dinkel and others, [1834]-1845], the original artwork for his 'Monographie des Poissons Fossiles du Vieux Grès Rouge' (1845/5). The series includes the original artwork for specimens which appeared in the earlier 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/4) which presumably were gathered together as they were also Devonian.
The majority of the specimens derive from Scotland, but includes material from Russia and Latvia as a result of the field trips to Europe made by Roderick Murchison in the early 1840s.
154 drawings mounted on 52 blue sheets. |
| Provenance | Part of the material presented to the Society by Agassiz, 1858 [see: LR14/396]. |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| ArchNote | Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | AGASSIZ | Jean Louis Rudolphe | 1807-1873 | palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist |
| Subject | Devonian |
| Previous reference | LDGSL 615 |