Fossils in flint and chalk
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
Six specimens of flints and chalks bearing fossils of the glass sponges Ventriculites radiates. Collected in Sussex, England.
Plate 13 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 XIII’. Inscribed below: ‘Mary Ann Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 13 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 XIII’. Inscribed below: ‘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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