Ref NoLDGSL/573
TitleWatercolours of fossils from Hunstanton and Olney
Date[c.1810s-1820s]
Date NoteOne of the drawings is watermarked 1810, annotations probably reference Sowerby's 'Mineral Conchology' (1812-1829).
LevelFile
Extent7 items
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionSeven watercolours of fossils from Hunstanton and Olney, by Richard Cowling TAYLOR, [c.1810s-1820s].

Comprising:

1) ?Madrepore, from the white chalk, Hunstanton Cliff.
2) Untitled ammonite
3) Gryphaea bullata, Blue Gorlt Olney - Oxford Clay or Clunch Clay [annotated ?? at Horncastle in Clunch Clay - Lincolnshire]
4) Untitled - mostly miscellaneous bivalves
5) Avicula echinata and Avicula media
6) Ammonites discus, Chellington Beds & Pentamerus [crossed out], Pavingham Beds
7) Nautilus lineatus, Cornbrash, Bromham, rock & two other bivalves

Note: a number of the images have been annotated 'Sy Tab**'. This is likely to be referencing plates in James Sowerby's 'Mineral Conchology'.
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ProvenanceOnly some of the drawings have Taylor's monogram in the corner.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameTAYLOR | Richard Cowling | 1789-1851 | surveyor and geologist
SubjectDemospongea
Bivalvia
Ammonites
TermCoral
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/518TAYLOR; Richard Cowling (1789-1851); surveyor and geologist1789-1851
Places
CodePlaceName
NA127Norfolk
NA115Buckinghamshire
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