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LDGSL - LDGSL - Deposited papers series
- 614 - LDGSL/614 - Unpublished artwork for Louis Agassiz's 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles'
  - 3 - LDGSL/614/3 - Unpublished artwork for 'Recherches sur les Poissons Fossiles' - Folio 3

Ref No	LDGSL/614/3/208
Title	Watercolour of the head of Bothriolepis favosa
Date	[1840-1844]
Date Note	First described by Eichwald in 1840, Agassiz in 1844 [British Fossil Vertebrata]. Murchison in Russia
Level	Item
Extent	1 item
Format	Photograph/drawing/painting/print
Description	Watercolour of the jaw & entopterygoid of the fossil fish Bothriolepis favosa, by Joseph Dinkel, [1840-1844]. According to J L R Agassiz, 'Monographie des poissons fossiles du vieux grès rouge ou système Dévonien (Old Red Sandstone) des Îles Britanniques et de Russie' (1844-1845), the counterpart of the specimen was from the Old Red Sandstone of Russia and transmitted by Roderick Murchison.
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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	English
Related Material	Counterpart of LDGSL/615/39/1?
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

Persons

Code	PersonName	Dates
DS/UK/181	DINKEL; Joseph Wenceslas Anton ([1806-1891]); natural history artist	[1806-1891]
DS/UK/2	MURCHISON; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792-1871); Baronet; geologist and geographer	1792-1871
DS/UK/44	AGASSIZ; Jean Louis Rudolphe (1807-1873); palaeontologist, zoologist, and geomorphologist	1807-1873

Places

Code	PlaceName
NA138	Russia

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