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Image number: RS.10538
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‘Ferrum caeruleum’
Date
1803
Creator
James Sowerby (1757 - 1822, British) , Naturalist
Object type
Library reference
R64216
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 233mm
width (print): 145mm
width (print): 145mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Two specimens of iron ore, here termed ‘azure iron ore’.
Plate 10 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that the mineral shown in the upper figure was found at Blackwall or the Isle of Dogs in Middlesex. The lower specimen came from near Kennington or Lambeth in Surrey. “Mr Kirwan says, its colour, in its native situation is white. This may sometimes be the case, but ours was blue even when fresh gathered and first broken.”
The plate is inscribed: “Jany 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Plate 10 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R.Taylor & Co., 1804).
The accompanying text states that the mineral shown in the upper figure was found at Blackwall or the Isle of Dogs in Middlesex. The lower specimen came from near Kennington or Lambeth in Surrey. “Mr Kirwan says, its colour, in its native situation is white. This may sometimes be the case, but ours was blue even when fresh gathered and first broken.”
The plate is inscribed: “Jany 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
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