Seal designs
Date
1825
Creator
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790 - 1852, British) , Geologist
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Material
Dimensions
height (print): 328mm
width (print): 204mm
width (print): 204mm
Subject
Description
Two rough designs for a seal or coat of arms for the Geological Society of London. The works refer to the geological forces of the Earth, with fossil details: apparently a plesiosaur skull and nautilus (or ammonite?) remains.
The drawings appear in a letter from Gideon Mantell to William Buckland, 16 June 1825. In the accompanying descriptive text, Mantell wrote: ‘The Gods of Fire & Water supporting a Shield, bearing rocks, torrents, volcanoes & organic remains, appeared to me not inappropriate…perhaps a shield with organic remains supported by a palaeotherium, and Irish Elk, with the Plesiosaurus for a crest…’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790–1852), British geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
The drawings appear in a letter from Gideon Mantell to William Buckland, 16 June 1825. In the accompanying descriptive text, Mantell wrote: ‘The Gods of Fire & Water supporting a Shield, bearing rocks, torrents, volcanoes & organic remains, appeared to me not inappropriate…perhaps a shield with organic remains supported by a palaeotherium, and Irish Elk, with the Plesiosaurus for a crest…’
Gideon Algernon Mantell (1790–1852), British geologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1825.
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