| Date Note | Dinkel's arrival in Britain, final date of publication of Recherches |
| Description | Watercolour study of an incomplete specimen (scattered scales only) of the fossil fish Tetragonolepis [Aechmodus] heterodema Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1844]. Found in the Lias, Lyme Regis, from the collection of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen.
Caption references Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, p206 but drawing not published.
Size: 297mm (w) x 444mm (h). |
| Administrative History | Drawing is marked 'unpublished', which indicates that it was likely to have been commissioned as part of Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/4). Philip de Malpas Egerton suggested that 'Aechmodus' be added as a prefix to the name of the fish, see: Egerton, P de M G. "Postscript to Palichthyologic Note, No. 4", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 10 (1854), p367. |