Pen Park Hole
Date
1792
Creator
John Doddrell (British) , Engraver
After
William White (1744 - 1816, British) , Surveyor
Object type
Library reference
RCN32459
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 209mm
width (print): 265mm
width (print): 265mm
Subject
Description
Section through Pen Park Hole, the cave near Bristol, England, now a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI).
The geological feature and lead mine working was first explored by Samuel Sturmy (1633-1669) in 1669 (he died four days later) and his account was originally reported as ‘A description of Pen-Park-Holes in Glocestershire’, by Robert Southwell, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.13 (1683), pp.2-6
From the monograph A descriptive account of a descent made into Pen Park-Hole, in the Parish of Westbury-upon-Trim, in the County of Gloucester, in the year 1775…, by George Symes Catcott (Bristol, J Rudhall, 1792).
Headed: ‘An East and West Section of Pen Park Hole.’ The illustration has an integral key or ‘Explanation’, naming key features of the cave system, notably the highest and lowest water levels within the main chamber. This is inscribed ‘Doddrell sculpt.’
The geological feature and lead mine working was first explored by Samuel Sturmy (1633-1669) in 1669 (he died four days later) and his account was originally reported as ‘A description of Pen-Park-Holes in Glocestershire’, by Robert Southwell, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, v.13 (1683), pp.2-6
From the monograph A descriptive account of a descent made into Pen Park-Hole, in the Parish of Westbury-upon-Trim, in the County of Gloucester, in the year 1775…, by George Symes Catcott (Bristol, J Rudhall, 1792).
Headed: ‘An East and West Section of Pen Park Hole.’ The illustration has an integral key or ‘Explanation’, naming key features of the cave system, notably the highest and lowest water levels within the main chamber. This is inscribed ‘Doddrell sculpt.’
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