Ref NoLDGSL/180
TitleDrawings of caves and a fossil from Natal, South Africa
Date[1851-1855]
Date NoteDates given for visit to site in QJGS, date of publication
LevelFile
Extent3 ms sheets
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionPencil and ink drawings of caves and a fossil from Natal, South Africa, [1851-1855] relating to Robert J GARDEN's paper "Notice of some Cretaceous Rocks near Natal, South Africa", (1855), comprising:

1) Pencil drawing "Izinhluzabalungu or the Whitemen's houses near the Umtafuna River, South Africa", depicting the site of the discovery of the Ammonite soutonii, copied from a sketch by Captain R J Garden, by unknown artist.
2) Pencil drawing "Caves on the South African coast near Natal", copied from a sketch by Captain R J Garden, by unknown artist.
3) Ink sketch "Inoceramus - on South African Coast", by unknown artist [?Robert J Garden], showing a fragment of the fossil.
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LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteFrom a communication read before the Society, 18 April 1855, and published as: Garden, R J. "Notice of some Cretaceous Rocks near Natal, South Africa", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 11 (1855), pp453-454. Drawings not published.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
CreatorNameGARDEN | Robert Jones | d.1871 | soldier and fossil collector
SubjectCaves
Cave deposits
Cave environment
Cretaceous
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/471GARDEN; Robert Jones (d.1871); soldier and fossil collectord.1871
Places
CodePlaceName
NA187Natal
NA160South Africa
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