Ref No | LDGSL/78/2/1/3 |
Title | Engraving, 'General view of Port Des Moulins in the Isle of Sercq' |
Date | 1811 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 1 item |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Print, 'General view of Port Des Moulins 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 general view of Port des Moulins. The rocks on the right hand are of grauwacke-slate, as also are the three insulated buttress-like rocks that appear in the distance. Behind the two furthest of these is situated the granite-vein represented in PL 3: the steatitical vein described in the Memoir lies also among the distant cliffs. |
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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 IV. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam. |
CreatorName | MACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist |
Previous reference | LDGSL 834 |