| Ref No | LDGSL/614/1/51 |
| Title | Watercolour of fragments of Holoptychius rugosus [Hibberti] Agassiz |
| Date | [1834-1835] |
| Date Note | Date of drawing of another of Hibbert's specimen; date of Hibbert's known dealings with Agassiz (see Andrews 1982) |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 item |
| Format | Photograph/drawing/painting/print |
| Description | Watercolour study of an incomplete, fragmented specimen of the fossil fish Holoptychius rugosus [Hibberti] Agassiz, by Joseph Dinkel, [1834-1835]. Found in Burdie House, Scotland, from the collection of Samuel Hibbert.
Note: drawing has a number of annotations in pencil by Agassiz. |
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| Administrative History | Collected/drawn as part of the research for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' (1833-1843/1844). |
| Access Conditions | Access is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information. |
| Language | n/a |
| Publication Note | A rougher sketch of the fossil appears in: Hibbert, S, "On the fresh-water limestone of Burdiehouse in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, belonging to the Carboniferous group or rocks...", 'Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', vol 13 (1836), pp169-282, plate 10, figure 1.
For the circumstances surrounding the fossils at Burdie House, and their initial misidentification as saurian remains, see: also Hibbert, S, "Communication relative to the freshwater limestone of Burdiehouse, near Edinburgh, belonging to the Carboniferous Group of rocks", 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', vol 1 (1833), pp33-35; Hibbert, S, "Additional particulars relative to the Saurian Remains found in the Burdiehouse Limestone", 'Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal', vol 16 (1834), pp192-194; Hibbert, S, "Summary of the discoveries hitherto made in the ossiferous beds of the basin of the Forth and Clyde", 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh', vol 1 (1834), pp61-63 |
| ArchNote | Based on a listing made by Mahala Andrews (1977-1981), expanded by Caroline Lam |
| CreatorName | DINKEL | Joseph Wenceslas Anton | [1806-1891] | natural history artist |
| AGASSIZ | Jean Louis Rudolphe | 1807-1873 | palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist |
| Subject | Palaeoichthyology |
| Palaeontology |
| Carboniferous |
| Lower Carboniferous |