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Paintings, 'Emys benstedi. In the collection of Dr Mantell' by Jos [Joseph] Dinkel

Reference number: PT/75/1/10

Date: 1841

Description

Plate 12, figures 1-2 showing two views of a partial fossilised shell of the Emys benstedi [Cimochelys benstedi; an extinct marine turtle species], found in Kent [England] and held in Mantell's personal collection. Inscribed with title, publication, and plate details. Signed in ink bottom left 'Jos Dinkel del.'

Subject: Palaeontology

Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On the fossil remains of turtles, discovered in the chalk formation of the South-east of England' by Gideon Algernon Mantell.

Received by the Royal Society on 11 May 1841. Read 20 May 1841.

Reference number
PT/75/1/10
Earliest possible date
1841
Physical description
Watercolour and graphite on paper
Page extent
1 page
Format
Painting

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Gideon Algernon Mantell

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Gideon Algernon Mantell, Paintings, 'Emys benstedi. In the collection of Dr Mantell' by Jos [Joseph] Dinkel, 1841, PT/75/1/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_75_1_10/paintings-emys-benstedi-in-the-collection-of-dr-mantell-by-jos-joseph-dinkel, accessed on 05 December 2024

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