Ref NoLDGSL/581
TitleLithographs of a crinoid and the cow tree drawn on English lias, using fossil sepia
Date[1838]
LevelFile
Extent4 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionJohn MURRAY, four lithographs of a crinoid [Pentacrinites Briareus] and the cow tree [Palo de Vaca], drawn on English lias using fossil sepia, [1838]. Two have been printed on paper made from Musa textilis. Printed by T H Skelton from drawings by Napper and Sir R K Porter.
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Administrative HistoryThe prints were sent by Murray to Newcastle for exhibition at the British Association in September 1838, after which they were presented to the Society.
ProvenancePresented to the Society by John Murray, 24 October 1838, see GSL/L/R/4/9 & 13.
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NotePentacrinites print often published in Murray, John. 'Portrait of Geology', London: Relfe and Fletcher, (1838) but absent from the Society's copy.
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.
CreatorNameMURRAY | John [1786]-1851 | writer on science and public lecturer
SubjectCrinozoa
Cephalopoda
Fossil sepia
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/575MURRAY; John ([1786]-1851 |); writer on science and public lecturer[1786]-1851 |
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