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Image number: RS.10540
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‘Silex arenacea’
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
Fossil shells in sandstone, here termed ‘calcereous sandstone’.
Plate 15 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 “Masses of this...were found at near twelve feet deep in a lightly gravel stratum, in cutting the canal at the Isle of Dogs...”
The plate is inscribed: “Feb. 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Plate 15 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 “Masses of this...were found at near twelve feet deep in a lightly gravel stratum, in cutting the canal at the Isle of Dogs...”
The plate is inscribed: “Feb. 1 1803. Published by Jas. Sowerby, London.”
Associated place