| Ref No | LDGSL/228 |
| Title | Drawings of a split boulder and a dyke on Little and Great Cumbrae, Scotland, |
| Date | [1861] |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 3 ms sheets |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Two pencil drawings and a watercolour painting of a split boulder on Little Cumbrae, and a dyke of Great Cumbrae, Western Isles, Scotland, by James SMITH, [1861]. Note: the same figure appears in two of the drawings, and it may be a self portrait. |
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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, 26 February 1862, and published as: Smith, J. "On a Split Boulder in Little Cumbra, Western Isles", 'Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society', vol 18 (1862), pp162-164. A black and white lithograph of the watercolour painting appears as a figure on p163. |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | SMITH | James | of Jordanhill | 1782-1867 | geologist and biblical historian |
| Subject | Glacial erratics |
| Dykes |
| Term | Granite |