Strata in Sussex
Date
1818-1822
Creator
Mary Ann Mantell (1795 - 1869, British) , Printmaker
After
Sarah Godlee (1798 - 1866, British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
RCN54380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Three geological sections through chalk cliffs at Brighton and Rottingdean in Sussex, England. Figure 1: ‘Strata between Brighton and Rottingdean.’ Figure 2: ‘Strata to the West of Rottingdean.’ Figure 3: ‘The Landing Place at Rottingdean.’
Plate 5 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 V’. Inscribed below: ‘Drawn by Miss Godlee. Engraved by Mrs Mantell.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 5 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 V’. Inscribed below: ‘Drawn by Miss Godlee. Engraved by Mrs Mantell.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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