Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8721
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Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire
Date
1822
Creator
William Buckland (1784 - 1856, British) , Dean of Westminster, Geologist
William Salmond (1769 - 1838, British) , Army officer
Thomas Webster (1772 - 1844, British) , Geologist
William Salmond (1769 - 1838, British) , Army officer
Thomas Webster (1772 - 1844, British) , Geologist
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Material
Dimensions
height (drawing): 285mm
width (drawing): 210mm
width (drawing): 210mm
Subject
Description
Plate 16 from the paper "Account of an assemblage of fossil teeth and bones of elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, bear, tiger, and hyaena, and sixteen other animals; discovered in a cave at Kirkdale, Yorkshire, in the year 1821: with a comparative view of five similar caverns in various parts of England, and others on the Continent.", by William Buckland, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol.112 (1822), pp.171-236. Several artworks and captions pasted onto one backing sheet. Contains: a view of the entrance to Kirkdale Cave, with the pencil inscription "a slight etching will do" (figure 1); a line-drawn section through the cave, apparently pasted over an original ink wash illustration (figure 2); and a plan of the cave extended and with a pasted-on caption commencing "Plan of the Cave drawn and measured by W.Salmond Esq". The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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