Ref NoLDGSL/864
TitleDrawings of bivalves from Devon
Date[1837-1840]
Date Notewnk 1834, date paper was read and published
LevelFile
Extent2 sheets
FormatPhotograph/drawing/painting/print
DescriptionTwo sheets of pencil and wash drawings of mainly bivalves from Devon, by unknown artist, [?1837-1840].
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CustodialHistoryLegacy catalogue cites that the artist may be James de Carle Sowerby, but the illustrations which appear in the paper are by George Scharf.
ProvenanceMurchison collection
Access ConditionsAccess is by appointment only. Please contact the Archivist for further information.
LanguageEnglish
Publication NoteConnected to paper which was read before the meetings of 31 May & 14 June 1837. Published as Sedgwick, A & R I Murchison, "On the physical structure of Devonshire, and on the subdivisions and geological relations of its old stratified deposits", Proceedings of the Geological Society, vol 2 (1837) pp556-563 & 'Transactions of the Geological Society of London', 2nd series, vol 5 (1840), pp663-704. Bears similarities to the fossils on plate 52.
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam
SubjectBivalvia
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/104SOWERBY; James De Carle (1787-1871); naturalist and artist1787-1871
DS/UK/2MURCHISON; Sir; Roderick Impey (1792-1871); Baronet; geologist and geographer1792-1871
DS/UK/31SEDGWICK; Adam (1785-1873); geologist1785-1873
Places
CodePlaceName
NA80Devon
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