Fossils in flints
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
Two specimens of flint, shaped by fossils of the glass sponge Ventriculites radiatus, collected in Sussex, England.
Plate 11 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 XI’. Inscribed below: ‘Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt.’
The accompanying text describes them as: ‘Two specimens of Ventriculites radiatus, in which the lower part of the funnel-like cavity is filled with flint; the upper portion being expanded in the chalk.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 11 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 XI’. Inscribed below: ‘Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt.’
The accompanying text describes them as: ‘Two specimens of Ventriculites radiatus, in which the lower part of the funnel-like cavity is filled with flint; the upper portion being expanded in the chalk.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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