| Ref No | LDGSL/610 |
| Title | Lithograph of 'Himalayan fossils' |
| Date | [1839] |
| Level | File |
| Extent | 3 copies |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Lithograph print, 'Himalayan fossils', drawn and lithographed by James De Carle Sowerby, printed by Graf and Soret and published by Parbury Allen & Co, [1839]. Sheet depicts images of three sets of fossils, described as:
1) 'Fossil bones obtained by Messrs Webb and Traill, from the elevated land on the N E line of Snowy Peaks' [including a cranium and jaw from a unnamed ruminant]
2) 'Fossil teeth found by Lieutenant Cautley in the Lower Range on the S W or plainward base of the Himalayas'
3) 'Fossil shells discovered by Mr Gerard in the elevated Valley of the Spiti, N W of Kunawur' |
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| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | English |
| Publication Note | The print is plate 3 from Forbes Royle, J 'Illustrations of the botany and other branches of the natural history of the Himalayan Mountains :and of the flora of Cashmere', London :William H Allen (1839). |
| ArchNote | Description by John Thackray, revised by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | SOWERBY | James De Carle | 1787-1871 | naturalist and artist |