Ref No | LDGSL/78/2/1/5 |
Title | Engraving, 'View of the Greve de Lecq in the Isle of Jersey' |
Date | 1811 |
Level | Item |
Extent | 1 item |
Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
Description | Print, 'View of the Greve de Lecq in the Isle of Jersey', 1811, engraved by M Barenger, based on a drawing by John MACCULLOCH. Caption printed in the 'Transactions...' states the print "is a view taken from the shore in the Greve de Lecq, in the Isle of Jersey, a coast of very difficult access. The cliffs are formed of the granite or sienite described in the Memoir, as are also the two detached rocks advanced in front of the coast. The most distant of these latter is of a pyramidal shape, and is pierced through by an arched cavity not visible from this point of view. The quarries of Mont Mado are not far from this place, and lie in the same kind of rock as forms these 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 VI. |
ArchNote | Description by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam. |
CreatorName | MACCULLOCH | John | 1773-1835 | surgeon and geologist |
Previous reference | LDGSL 834 |