Ref NoLDGSL/680
TitleEngravings of fossils taken from the 'Edinburgh Encyclopaedia'
Date1830
LevelFile
Extent3 prints
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionThree plates of fossils of 'Organic Remains', engraved J Moffat for the 'Edinburgh Encyclopaedia', which was edited by David BREWSTER, 1830. Includes images of: Megatherium skeleton; human skeleton from Guadaloupe; Ornithocephalus skeleton; fossil echinoderms; shells; crinoid; ferns.
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ProvenanceFound in folder with John MacCulloch's Dunkeld lithographs, therefore may relate to articles MacCulloch wrote for the Encyclopaedia.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray
SubjectFossils
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/210BREWSTER; Sir; David (1781-1868); natural philosopher and academic administrator1781-1868
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