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.
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- PT/73/11/11
- Earliest possible date
- 1825
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- Watercolour on paper
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- 1 page
- Format
- Watercolour
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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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VIII. Notice on the Iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate, in Sussex. By Gideon Mantell, F. L. S. and M. G. S. Fellow of the College of Surgeons, &c. In a letter to Davies Gilbert, Esq. M. P. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. &c. Communicated by D. Gilbert, Esq External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1825
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0010
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Notice on the iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil reptile, from the sandstone of Tilgate forest, in Sussex. By Gideon Mantell, F. L. S. and M. G. S. Fellow of the College of Surgeons, &c. In a letter to Davies Gilbert, Esq. M. P. V. P. R. S. &c. &c. &c. Communicated by D. Gilbert, Esq External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1833
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0255
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Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1807-1833
1807-1833 Reference number: PT/73 -
Illustrations produced for the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, volume 115
1824-1825 Reference number: PT/73/11
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Gideon Algernon Mantell
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