Ref NoLDGSL/78/2/1/1
TitleEngraving, 'View of the Creux in the Isle of Sercq'
Date1811
LevelItem
Extent3 copies
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionPrint, '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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ProvenancePresented by Miss Estridge, December 1923.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NotePublished 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.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameMACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/30MACCULLOCH; John (1773-1835); surgeon and geologist1773-1835
Places
CodePlaceName
NA325Channel Islands
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