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Paintings, 'Teeth of the iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil animal, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex' by unknown artist

Reference number: PT/73/11/11

Date: 1825

Description

Plate 14, figures 1-9 showing fossilised teeth of the iguanodon found in Tilgate Forest, [West] Sussex [England] compared with teeth and jaws of the iguana. Inscribed with publication and plate details. A caption below figure 8 reads 'Portion of the Jaw of the Iguana, four times magnified.' Not signed. Royal Society stamp verso. The manuscript for this paper is wanting.

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate, in Sussex' by Gideon Algernon Mantell.

Read to the Royal Society on 10 February 1825.

Reference number
PT/73/11/11
Earliest possible date
1825
Physical description
Watercolour on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Watercolour

Creator name

Gideon Algernon Mantell

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Gideon Algernon Mantell, Paintings, 'Teeth of the iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil animal, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex' by unknown artist, 1825, PT/73/11/11, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_73_11_11/paintings-teeth-of-the-iguanodon-a-newly-discovered-fossil-animal-from-the-sandstone-of-tilgate-forest-in-sussex-by-unknown-artist, accessed on 22 January 2025

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