Ref No | LDGSL/78/2/1/2 |
Title | Engraving, 'View of the Coupee in the Isle of Sercq' |
Date | 1811 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 1 item |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Print, '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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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 II. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam. |
CreatorName | MACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist |
Previous reference | LDGSL 834 |