Credit: © The Royal Society
Image number: RS.8727
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Fossil teeth of hyaena, bear, tiger, fox, wolf and weasel
Date
1822
Creator
Thomas Webster (1772 - 1844, British) , Geologist
Mary Morland (1797 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
Mary Morland (1797 - 1857, British) , Illustrator
William Clift (1775 - 1849, British) , Illustrator
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height (painting): 329mm
width (painting): 325mm
width (painting): 325mm
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Description
Plate 20 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. Thirty-one views of fossil teeth from a variety of animals, some not identified, discovered at Kirkdale Cave, Yorkshire. Artworks are pasted onto three separate backing sheets, each in turn pasted together. The work is inscribed with publication and plate details. Artist names are noted at the top of the backing sheet and figure 1 is initialled "M.M. 1822". Royal Society stamp verso.
Object history
An illustration produced for publication in the journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
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