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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
614 - LDGSL/614 - Unpublished artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
1 - LDGSL/614/1 - Unpublished artwork for 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' - folio 1
Ref No
LDGSL/614/1/129
Title
Watercolour of Pygopterus Bucklandi Agassiz
Date
1835
Level
Item
Extent
1 item
Format
Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description
Watercolour study of an incomplete specimen of the fossil fish Pygopterus Bucklandi Agassiz, by Jacques Bourkhardt, Neuchatel, 1835. Found in Burdie House, Scotland.
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Administrative History
Collected as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843) but never published.
CustodialHistory
From a folder marked 'Pygopterus/Acrolepis'
Access Conditions
Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
Language
German caption
ArchNote
Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam
CreatorName
BOURKHARDT | Jacques | [1808]-1867 | natural history artist
AGASSIZ | Jean Louis Rudolphe | 1807-1873 | palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
Subject
Palaeoichthyology
Palaeontology
Carboniferous
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates
DS/UK/44
AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist
1807-1873
DS/UK/1035
BOURKHARDT; Jacques ([1808]-1867); natural history artist
[1808]-1867
Places
Code
PlaceName
NA516
Burdiehouse
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