Strata at Castle Hill
Date
1818
Creator
Mary Ann Mantell (1795 - 1869, British) , Printmaker
After
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790 - 1852, British) , Geologist
Object type
Library reference
RCN54380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Geological study of rock formations at Castle Hill, Newhaven in East Sussex, England. The view shows the coastal stratigraphy, numbered top to bottom 1-11.
Frontispiece plate [numbered as plate 6] from the book The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell (London, Lupton Relfe, 1822).
Inscribed above ‘Tab VI’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell delt. Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt. 1818. STRATA NEAR CASTLE HILL NEAR NEWHAVEN.’
The accompanying explanation of the plates states that: ‘Natural selection of the Plastic clay beds at Castle Hill, west of Newhaven’. The key commences at ‘1. Diluvium, consisting of sand and pebbles’ to ’11. The summit of the chalk cliffs.’ A more detailed description appears in chapter 16 of the book.
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Frontispiece plate [numbered as plate 6] from the book The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex, by Gideon Algernon Mantell (London, Lupton Relfe, 1822).
Inscribed above ‘Tab VI’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell delt. Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt. 1818. STRATA NEAR CASTLE HILL NEAR NEWHAVEN.’
The accompanying explanation of the plates states that: ‘Natural selection of the Plastic clay beds at Castle Hill, west of Newhaven’. The key commences at ‘1. Diluvium, consisting of sand and pebbles’ to ’11. The summit of the chalk cliffs.’ A more detailed description appears in chapter 16 of the book.
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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