Lee, John Warren, d 1847 :[View of the chalk pit at Southerham, near Lewes, shewing the dip of the lower chalk]. Tab. VII. Sketch'd by Mr Warren Lee; Engraved by Mrs Mantell [Between 1818 and 1822]

A view of a partly-excavated chalk pit with obvious stratal. A geologist in a top hat is hammering at a pile of chalk in the foreground, chalk is burning in an incinerator in the centre and a woman and child are walking by to the left

A proof sheet, untrimmed to fit the page size of the publication. The author's copy of The fossils of the South Downs, held by the Library, includes a watercolour version of this aquatint as a frontispiece. The watercolour is trimmed around the profile of the tops of the chalk cliffs

Extended Title - From Gideon Mantell's 'The fossils of the South Downs; or illustrations of the geology of Sussex. The engravings executed by Mrs Mantell from drawings by the author'. London, Lupton Relfe, 1822. Plate 7

Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s).

Physical Description: Etching with aquatint, 225 x 273 mm (platemark) on sheet 274 x 380 mm