Date Note | Dinkel's arrival in Britain; last date of publication of Recherches |
Description | Watercolour of a compete specimen of the fossil fish Leptolepis dubius Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel. [1834-1844]. From the Oolite, Solnhofen, in the collection of William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen. Drawing references Agassiz, J L R. 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844), Vol 2, pt2, p134, but unpublished. |
Administrative History | Genus now Tharsis Giebel, 1848. |
CustodialHistory | The torn edge [and repair] of the drawing may indicate that it was previously mounted elsewhere. It could be one of the drawings requested to be removed from the main collection (LDGSL/613/4) by Enniskillen in 1849 (see Council Minutes, 2 May 1849). |