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RefNoL&P/8/105/2
LevelItem
TitlePlate, 'The summit that overlooks the crater, from which the drawing is taken' by F[rederick] P[olydore] Nodder
CreatorAnderson; Alexander (1748-1811); Scottish surgeon, explorer and botanist
Date1784
DescriptionSubject: Geology
The paper, signed 'Mr Anderson', was misattributed in 1784 to [James] Anderson, but is in fact by the superintendent curator of the St Vincent botanic garden who worked along George Young and had worked with William Forsyth at the Chelsea Physic Garden in London.

Published in Philosophical Transactions, as 'An account of Morne Garou, a mountain in the island of St. Vincent, with a description of the volcano on its summit. In a letter from Mr. James Anderson, Surgeon, to Mr. Forsyth, His Majesty's Gardener at Kensington communicated by the Right Honourable Sir George Yonge, Bart. F.R.S'

Read 18 November 1784
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
PhysicalDescriptionWatercolour on paper
AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1785.0003
RelatedRecordL&P/8/105
L&P/8/105/1
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