Fossils of marine animals
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
Eleven specimens of fossil marine animals from rocks in Sussex, England. Including choanites, sponges and corals.
Plate 15 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 XV’. Inscribed below: ‘M.A. Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
Plate 15 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 XV’. Inscribed below: ‘M.A. Mantell Sculpt.’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790-1852) surgeon and geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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