Strata in Sussex
Date
1818-1822
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): 217mm
width (print): 308mm
width (print): 308mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three geological sections through areas of Sussex, England. Figure 1: ‘Plan of the Stratification of the South Eastern part of Sussex’. Figure 2: ‘Section from Lewes to the Black Boys’. Figure 3: ‘Section from Terrible Down to the Black Boys’, showing iron sand and limestone in the parish of Framfield. Local landmarks are indicated on each illustration.
Plate 3 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 III’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell delt. Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 3 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 III’. Inscribed below: ‘Gideon Mantell delt. Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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