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Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
- Date
- 1830 - 1850
- By
- Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852; Mantell, Mary Ann, 1795-1869; Dinkel, Joseph J, active 1830s-1860s; Scharf, George Johann, 1788-1860; Basire, James, 1796-1869; Mantell, Walter Baldock Durrant (Hon), 1820-1895; Mantell-Harding, Alton Cyril William, 1896-1975
- Reference
- E-330-f
- Description
Includes watercolour by George Scharf "Reptiles restored", watercolours by Joseph Dinkel, watercolours and drawings by Gideon Mantell and Mary Mantell, engravings and lithographs by Scharf, Dinkel and James Basire, chiefly of fossil remains (particularly of the iguanodon) and geological drawings and including reprints or proof prints from the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.
Quantity: 1 sketchbook(s).
Physical Description: Scrapbook and sketchbook 52 cm high
Provenance: Mantell family; Probably the 'Book of sketches by G A Mantell' donated by Mrs A C W Mantell-Harding, Wellington, on 29 6 1948
Transfers: transferred from the Manuscripts Collection 1970s?.
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Curator required
- Format
- 1 sketchbook(s), Works of art, Scrapbooks, Sketchbooks, Scrapbook and sketchbook 52 cm high
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[Pollard, F], fl 1804-1830s :[Fossil log, leaves and nuts]. Pl III. [1827]
Date: 1827
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Pollard, F, active 1804-1830s
Reference: E-330-f-165-1
Description: Eight numbered drawings. Fig 1 & 2. Endogenites erosa Fig 3 & 4. Carpolithus Mantelli. Fig 5. Pecopteris reticulata Fig 6. A confused mass of leaves of Hymenop. psilotoides. Fig 7. An example of Hymenopteris psilotoides Fig 8. A cast of the internal cavity of Clathraria Lyelli Lithograph also at E-330-f-145-1 Published in Transactions of the Geological Society Vol 1, 2nd Series Part 2 Plate 46 Extended Title - From: Gideon Mantell. Illustrations of the geology of Sussex. London, 1827. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Colour lithograph, 277 x 244 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :[Strata of Tilgate Forest? ca 1822]
Date: 1822 - 1840
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-123-3
Description: View of an unidentified quarry, possibly Tilgate Forest. There are three men in the quarry. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, 59 x 69 mm on sheet 177 x 111 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :[Fossil vertebra. ca 1850]
Date: 1845 - 1855
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-055-1
Description: Drawing of a vertebra Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil and wash 287 x 384 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :[Fossil bones. ca 1850]
Date: 1840 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-107
Description: Three drawings of fossil bones, possibly metatarsals. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, ink and watercolour, 306 x 255 mm
Dinkel, Joseph, fl 1830s-1860s :Right dentary bone of an iguanodon from Tilgate Forest;...
Date: 1848
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Dinkel, Joseph J, active 1830s-1860s
Reference: E-330-f-027-2
Description: Painting of an iguanodon dentary bone, with letters of the alphabet beside several parts Published same size in Transactions of the Royal Society Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink. Also in pencil `natural size'. Relationship complexity - See watercolour and lithographs at E-330-f-033-1 and E-330-f-033-2 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour 294 x 487 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 : Swanage crocodile. Now in British Museum. [ca 1...
Date: 1837 - 1839
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-119-1
Description: The fossilised bones of a crocodile discovered at Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset in 1837 by Robert Trotter Esq., as found in situ. Numerous scales and teeth of a fresh-water fish (lepidotus minor) peculiar to the Purbeck strata, are imbeded in the stone. Descriptive information from Wonders of geology Vol II / G Mantell (3rd edition, 1839) Plate I. Key to bones on following page. See also E-330-f-013-2, E-330-118-1 E-330-f-118-2, E-330-f-119-2 Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - Title in ink The bones were discovered in a quarry at Swanage, Isle of Purbeck, and presented to Gideon Mantell by Robert Trotter shortly afterwards. Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil & ink, 371 x 268 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon] 1790-1852 :[Portion of a fossil jaw bone of the iguanodon. c...
Date: 1830 - 1840
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-047
Description: Portion of a fossil jaw bone with teeth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil, watercolour and ink 384 x 270 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :[Cranial structure of iguanodon. ca 1850s]
Date: 1840 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-103
Description: A drawing of the skull showing the jaw and teeth Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour, 262 x 455 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :[Fossil bone ? 18--]
Date: 1820 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-089-1
Description: Two drawings of unidentified fossil [bones ?] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and ink, 316 x 276 mm
[Mantell, Gideon Algernon], 1790-1852 :Clathraria Lyellii (Mantell). [Fossil of a cycad...
Date: 1840 - 1850
From: Mantell, Gideon Algernon 1790-1852 :Country of the iguanodon. Ca 1830 to ca 1850.
By: Mantell, Gideon Algernon, 1790-1852
Reference: E-330-f-143
Description: Fossil of a cycad? Pencil sketch on tracing paper attached showing segments from the Clathraria Lyellii labelled `inside' and `outside'. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title in ink Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour, pencil, ink, 456 x 321 mm