Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Crinoline Cliffs North face. 3 feet from ground on projecting ledge. [1852]

Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant, 1820-1895 :Crinoline Cliffs North face. 3 feet from ground on projecting ledge. [1852]
Date
1852
Reference
E-332-050
Description

Shows projecting fossilised bones, numbered, 1-11 vertebrae 12 & 13 ribs, probably of a moa. Above the line of bones Mantell has placed his geologist's hammer and chisel, to give a sense of scale. The area is probably Hakataramea, South Canterbury

Inscriptions: Recto - bottom left - Crinoline Cliffs north face 3 feet from ground on projecting ledge and notes - 1-11 vertebrae 12& 13 ribs?

Quantity: 1 drawing(s).

Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 185 x 229 mm (side on)

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Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 1] 1851-1852 / Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant 1820-1895 :[Sketchbook, no. 1] 1851-1852
Format
1 drawing(s), Works of art, Watercolours, Ink drawings, Ink and watercolour 185 x 229 mm (side on)
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