| Ref No | LDGSL/127 |
| Title | Painting of fossils from Mr Bensted's quarry near Maidstone, Kent |
| Date | 1842 |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 1 ms sheet |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Watercolour of fossils from Mr W H Bensted's quarry near Maidstone, Kent, showing molluskite - the carbonized remains of the soft parts of mollusca in Kentish rag, 1842. Painted for Gideon Algernon MANTELL. |
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| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | From a paper read before the Society, 1 February 1843, and published as: "Notice on the fossilised remains of the soft parts of Mollusca", 'Proceedings of the Geological Society of London', vol 4 (1843), pp35-36. Painting not published. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray |
| Subject | Mollusca |