Ref NoLDGSL/56/1/5/1
TitleLithographs of hyena skulls from Lawford and Kent's Hole
Date1825
LevelFile
Extent3 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionThree black and white lithographic prints of hyena skulls and animal bones, probably produced for inclusion in William Buckland's projected second volume of 'Reliquiae Diluvianae' comprising:

(1) 'Teeth and bones found in Kent's Hole [Kent's Cavern], near Torquay, Devon, 1824', by Mary Morland [later Mary Buckland], printed by Charles Hullmandel and published by John Murray, 1825.

(2) 'Head of the extinct species of hyaena, found in diluvial clay at Lawford, near Rugby', by George Scharf after drawing by Thomas Webster, printed by Charles Hullmandel and published by John Murray, 1825.

(3) 'Superior and frontal view of hyaena's skull from Lawford', by George Scharf, printed by Charles Hullmandel and published by John Murray, 1825.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by Caroline Lam
CreatorNameWEBSTER | Thomas | 1772-1844 | geologist
SCHARF | George Johann | 1788-1860 | draughtsman and lithographer
BUCKLAND | Mary | née Morland | 1797-1857 | scientific illustrator and wife of William Buckland
SubjectCave deposits
Cave environment
Creodonta
Carnivora
TermExtinct animals
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/11BUCKLAND; William (1784-1856); geologist and dean of Westminster1784-1856
DS/UK/177BUCKLAND; Mary (1797-1857); née Morland; scientific illustrator and wife of William Buckland1797-1857
DS/UK/417SCHARF; George Johann (1788-1860); draughtsman and lithographer1788-1860
DS/UK/52WEBSTER; Thomas (1772-1844); geologist1772-1844
Places
CodePlaceName
NA85Lawford
NA5Kent's Cavern
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