Chalk pit at Southerham
Date
1818-1822
Creator
Mary Ann Mantell (1795 - 1869, British) , Printmaker
After
Stewart Warren Lee (British) , Illustrator
Object type
Library reference
RCN54380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Landscape view of the chalk pit at Southerham, near Lewes, East Sussex, England. The scene contains a geologist holding a hammer and chisel below exposed strata. A furnace can be seen to the left of the view.
Plate 7 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 VII’. Inscribed below: ‘Sketch’d by Mr. Warren Lee. Engraved by Mrs. Mantell.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 7 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 VII’. Inscribed below: ‘Sketch’d by Mr. Warren Lee. 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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