Record

Reference numberPT/67/8/24
LevelItem
TitlePlate, fossilised leaf of [Pecopteris lignitum?] embedded in rock by [Walter Hood Fitch]
CreatorFitch; Walter Hood (1817–1892) Scottish botanical illustrator
Date[1861]
DescriptionPlate containing an unpublished figure showing a fossilised leaf, possibly from Pecopteris lignitum, embedded in rock.

Subject: Palaeontology

Communicated by Sir C [Charles] Lyell. Received by the Royal Society on 16 November 1861. Read 21 November 1861.
Extent1p
FormatWatercolour
Physical descriptionFold-out watercolour painting on paper
Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1860.0099
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1862.0043
Related records in the catalogueRR/5/98
RR/5/112
PT/67/8
Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA8255Lyell; Sir; Charles (1797 - 1875)1797 - 1875
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