Ref NoLDGSL/947/7/2
Title'Sketches of fossil Alcyonia from the Green Sand Formation at Warminster Common'
Date1816
1819
Date Notewmk 1814 & 1817
LevelFile
Extent1 volume
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionVolume, 'Sketches of fossil Alcyonia from the Green Sand Formation at Warminster Common', containing pen and ink drawings by Miss Etheldred BENETT, 1816. Originally contained 16 drawings, but two more, 17 & 20, are loose at the back. Also contains two copies of a pen and ink lithograph by Benett of a fossil sponge, drawn on stone at the end of a visit to London in May 1819, and probably printed by F Moser.
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Administrative HistoryAccording to the text, the fossils were discovered by George Warren of Warminster.
ProvenanceGreenough bequest
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Related MaterialAnother copy of the volume, which was given to the Society, is at LDGSL/544/2
ArchNoteSource: Thackray, J. "Separately published prints of fossils in nineteenth century Britain", 'Archives of Natural History', vol 12 (1985), pp175-199. Description by John Thackray.
CreatorNameBENETT | Etheldred | 1775-1845 | fossil collector and geologist
SubjectPorifera
Spongiidae
TermFossils
Previous referenceLDGSL/983
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/60BENETT; Etheldred (1775-1845); fossil collector and geologist1775-1845
DS/UK/8GREENOUGH; George Bellas (1778-1855); geologist1778-1855
Places
CodePlaceName
NA53Wiltshire
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