Ref NoLDGSL/78/2/1/2
TitleEngraving, 'View of the Coupee in the Isle of Sercq'
Date1811
LevelItem
Extent1 item
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionPrint, 'View of the Coupee in the Isle of Sercq', 1811, engraved by M Barenger, based on a drawing by John MACCULLOCH. Caption printed in the 'Transactions...' states the print "is a view of the Coupee in the Isle of Sercq, taken from the smaller division of the island, called Petit Sercq. That part of the isthmus, the furthest from the spectator, is traversed by the soft vein mentioned in the Memoir, and is rapidly wearing down."
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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 II.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameMACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist
Previous referenceLDGSL 834
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/30MACCULLOCH; John (1773-1835); surgeon and geologist1773-1835
Places
CodePlaceName
NA325Channel Islands
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