IMAGE
Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
- By
- Swainson, William, 1789-1855; Mantell, Catherine Louise Marguerite, 1867-1950; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
- Reference
- E-295-q
- Description
Drawings and prints associated with the palaeontological work of Gideon Mantell and drawings and prints created by William and Mary Swainson before William Swainson's arrival in New Zealand. One red chalk and pencil drawing of a young girl attributed to Peter Paul Rubens removed and separately catalogued.
Other Titles - Zoological, botanical and ornithological drawings by William and Mary Swainson
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: 107 pencil drawings, watercolours, engravings, lithographs in scrapbook, height 350 mm 1/2 brown calf, marbled boards
Transfers: From Manuscripts & Archives - Formerly qMS Mantell, transferred July 1956..
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- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Sketchbooks, Scrapbooks, 107 pencil drawings, watercolours, engravings, lithographs in scrapbook, height 350 mm 1/2 brown calf, marbled boards
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Artist unknown :[Section of strata. ca 1830]
Date: 1820 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
Reference: E-295-q-097-2
Description: Cross-section of strata showing various idenitified layers. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 108 x 190 mm
Artist unknown :[Corals and other marine organisms] from the voyage round the world of ...
Date: 1826 - 1835
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
Reference: E-295-q-093
Description: Watercolours of eight named marine organisms, with accompanying descriptive captions near each drawing. They include: Madrepora Corimbosa, Madreporora proliferis, Neandrina cerberiformis, Pocillopora caerulea, Fungia Rubra, Coryophyllia angulosa Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in pencil and overwritten in ink (in part) Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and pencil, 335 x 244 mm
Smith, J, fl 1800s :Leckampton hill seen from Cheltenham. Quarry. J Smith. J Smith. [18--]
Date: 1800 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
By: Smith, J, active 1800s
Reference: E-295-q-084-2
Description: Scene showing the flat-topped Leckampton hill. In the middle foreground is a two-storied house amongst trees. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 145 x 224 mm
[Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant], 1820-1895. Attributed works :Muckleflugger. Outstack...
Date: 1835 - 1839
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
By: Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895
Reference: E-295-q-079-2
Description: Drawing of a rocky outcrop off shore at the northern tip of Unst, Shetland Other Titles - Muckle Flugga Inscriptions: Recto - above image - Title in pencil; Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink, 40 x 75 mm
Artist unknown :[Section of strata. ca 1830]
Date: 1820 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
Reference: E-295-q-097-1
Description: Cross-section of strata showing unstratified and stratified metamorphic rocks and sedimentary deposits, possibly in Great Britian. Includes pencil annotations. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 108 x 168 mm
[Swainson, William], 1789-1855 :O[phrys] apifera of Sicily. Palermo. 23 April 1815
Date: 1815
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
By: Swainson, William, 1789-1855
Reference: E-295-q-074
Description: On the right a stem of ophrys apifera showing the leaves and three flowers; in watercolour showing the chestnut brown mid-lobe with creamy yellow markings near the base and greenish white petals. On the left is a drawing of the base of the plant showing the tuberoid, roots and foliage; in ink. Below the drawings is descriptive text in pencil (barely legible) and two small details of flower parts (in pencil). Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 270 x 193 mm
Artist unknown :A correct view of the scaffold, gibbet & manner of execution of Lawrenc...
Date: 1760 - 1765
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
Reference: E-295-q-018
Description: A scaffold seen from the front, with the victim blindfolded and standing with the rope round his neck. Around the scaffold are many witnesses, most standing and some mounted on horseback An attached newsclipping also refers to this incident - 'The moment poor Lord Ferrers was turned off (he was hanged for murder) our unfeeling City magistrates called for their hampers, drew their corks and cut their hams as if he hung there merely as a [section missing] to frighten the flies' Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Wood engraving on paper, 245 x 329 mm
Artist unknown :Beachy Head from the sea. June 11 1840, 6 am
Date: 1840
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
Reference: E-295-q-092-3
Description: View of the coastline at Beachy Head from close into the shoreline Inscriptions: Recto - top left - Title in pencil Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 98 x 180 mm
Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861 :Dr Fitton's sketch of strata at Stone Pound Gate near...
Date: 1826 - 1835
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
By: Fitton, William Henry, 1780-1861
Reference: E-295-q-096
Description: Two drawings of the strata with artist's colour notes and other descriptive text. Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 185 x 222 mm
Scharf, George, 1788-1860 :Skeleton of the megatherium found near Buenos Ayres and now ...
Date: 1840 - 1849
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
By: Scharf, George Johann, 1788-1860; C Hullmandel (Firm)
Reference: E-295-q-080
Description: Dinosaur skeleton. Length of the skeleton 13 feet 1 inch. Height at top of the back 7 feet 4 inches. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 227 x 320 mm