Chalk and chalk marl fossils
Date
1818-1822
Creator
Mary Ann Mantell (1795 - 1869, British) , Printmaker
Object type
Library reference
RCN54380
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 308mm
width (print): 217mm
width (print): 217mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Twelve specimens of chalk and chalk marl containing plant fossils, from locations in East Sussex, England. The author identifies the fossils as botanical: the remains of a winged seed (figure 1); foliage markings, possibly Pinus (figures 2 and 12); cone or catkin remains (figures 3, 6, 9-10); and cones or catkins from a species of larch 9 (figures 4-5, 7-8 and 11).
Plate 9 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 IX’. Inscribed below: ‘Mrs. Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 9 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 IX’. Inscribed below: ‘Mrs. Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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