Ref NoLDGSL/203
TitleDrawings and photographs of the skull of Zygomaturus/Nototherium from Australia
Date[1857-1858]
Date NotePhotographs & initial drawings made in 1857, legacy date given to the file.
LevelFile
Extent10 items
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionSeven black & white photographs (three of which are stereoscopic) by James Glen Wilson, and a sheet of ink drawings either by or after George Bennett, of the skull of Zygomaturus/Nototherium from Australia, [1857]. Also sheet of pencil and ink line drawings made by Richard Owen comparing the skulls of a tapir, koala and manatee, [1857-1858]. File includes offprint of the engraved plates taken from the published paper in the Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol 15, (1859).
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Administrative HistoryThe photographs were given to Sir Roderick Murchison by the New South Wales Governor, Sir William Denison, who subsequently passed them to Richard Owen. The photographs were presented to the Society in 1859 by Sir Roderick Murchison on behalf of Denison.

In the published paper, Owen states that his friend and correspondence George Bennett, FLS, sent him four outline drawings he made of the skull when it had been first received by the Australian Museum at Sydney in 1857. Only two which may be by him or copied from the originals are in the file.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteFrom a paper read before the Society 10 March 1858 and published as: Owen, Richard, "On some outline drawings and photographs of the skull of the Zygomaturus trilobus...". 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol 15 (1859), pp168-176. Drawings on pl 7-8. Plate IX of the offprint is included in the paper: Owen, Richard, "On a collection of Australian fossils in the Museum of Natural History Society at Worcester; with descriptions of the lower jaw and teeth of the Nototherium Inerme and Nototherium Mitchelli, Owen; demonstrating the identity of the latter species with the Zygomaturus of Macleay", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, vol 15 (1859), pp 176-186.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameOWEN | Sir | Richard | 1804-1892 | comparative anatomist and palaeontologist
WILSON | James Glen | 1827-1863 | photographer and landscape painter
SubjectMarsupialia
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/25OWEN; Sir; Richard (1804-1892); comparative anatomist and palaeontologist1804-1892
DS/UK/1680WILSON; James Glen (1827-1863); photographer and landscape painter1827-1863
Places
CodePlaceName
NA201Queensland
NA111Australia
NA82Western Australia
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