Ref NoLDGSL/619
TitleLithograph of Osmeroides mantelli
Date[1836]
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionGideon Algernon MANTELL, chalk lithograph of Osmeroides mantelli, a remarkable fossil fish of the salmon family related to the Smelt (Osmerus) discovered in the Chalk near Lewes, by Gideon Mantell Esq, in the Mantellian Museum at Brighton'', [1836]. From a drawing by Joseph Dinkel, prepared by F Pollard, printed by J Graf.
Administrative HistoryPrint was on sale at Mantell's museum for 1/6d but it did not sell well.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteSource: Thackray, J. "Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain", 'Archives of Natural History', vol 12 (1985), pp175-199. Description by John Thackray.
CreatorNameMANTELL | Gideon Algernon | 1790-1852 | surgeon and geologist
DINKEL | Joseph Wenceslaus | [1806-1891] | natural history artist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/181DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist[1806-1891]
DS/UK/17MANTELL; Gideon Algernon (1790-1852); surgeon and geologist1790-1852
Places
CodePlaceName
NA574Lewes
NA181East Sussex
NA49Sussex
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