IMAGE
[Artist unknown] :[Sketch of Tilgate Quarry with Gideon Mantell overseeing the uncovering of fossils. England. 1822?]
- Date
- 1820 - 1825
- Reference
- E-295-q-107
- Description
Two men exposing a large fossil, watched by another in a top hat, with other men working in the background, all in a rocky declivity. The spire of a church is visible in the background.
Compare with E-330-f-1005-1; E-330-f-005-2; E-330-f-005-3
Quantity: 1 drawing(s).
Physical Description: Pencil on card 144 x 101 mm (image) 239 x 183 mm (sheet size)
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840] / Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Scrapbook. [ca 1810-1840]
- Format
- 1 drawing(s), Works of art, Pencil on card 144 x 101 mm (image) 239 x 183 mm (sheet size)
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