Ref No | LDGSL/78/2/1/1 |
Title | Engraving, 'View of the Creux in the Isle of Sercq' |
Date | 1811 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 3 copies |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Print, 'View of the Creux in the Isle of Sercq', 1811, engraved by M Barenger, based on a drawing by John MACCULLOCH. Caption in 'Transactions...' states that the print "is a view of the small port and beach of the Creux in the Isle of Sercq, exhibiting the gate of the Tunnel, through which is the only entrance into the island. The adjacent rocks are of trap, and in the distance is seen a detached mass of granite." |
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Provenance | Presented by Miss Estridge, December 1923. |
Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
Language | English |
Publication Note | Published as one of the illustrations to accompany John MacCulloch's paper "Account of Guernsey, and the other Channel Islands", 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', Series 1, Volume 1 (1811), pp1-22, plate I. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam. |
CreatorName | MACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist |
Previous reference | LDGSL 834 |