| Administrative History | Although her name does not appear anywhere on the print and in the 1856 Library catalogue only the donor Reverend John Gunn is referenced, the bone is almost certainly from the collection of Anna Gurney (1795-1857) of Cromer, Norfolk. Confusion arises as Gunn was an avid fossil collector in the same geographical area and also acquired mammoth material.
Gurney's specimen was described as being found in 1836 in a "Cliff composed of interblended blue clay and red gravel, near the village of Bacton, in Norfolk" and being 4ft 5 inches in length. [Hugh Falconer, 'Palaeontographical Memoirs and notes... (1868), p143] |