Ref NoLDGSL/802/6/5
TitleImages of Charles MOORE's 'Free Museum' in Bath
Date[1850s-1860s]
LevelFile
Extent2 items
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionTwo albumen photographic prints of drawings showing Charles MOORE's 'Free Museum', a room at the Bath Royal Literary & Scientific Institute, Terrace Walk, Bath, [1850s-1860s], in which he displayed his fossil collection. Moore appears in one of the images, near the centre at the front beside an exhibition case. Also in the same image is a model of the Iguanodon produced by Benjamin Waterhouse Hawkins after his larger reconstructions at Crystal Palace. Both prints images are yellowed, one quite faded.
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ProvenanceMoore collection
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorName 
Previous referenceLDGSL 823
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/422MOORE; Charles (1815-1881); geologist1815-1881
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