| Reference number | PT/73/11/11 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, 'Teeth of the iguanodon, a newly discovered fossil animal, from the sandstone of Tilgate Forest, in Sussex' by unknown artist |
| 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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Watercolour |
| Physical description | Watercolour on paper |
| Dimensions | 287x228mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1825.0010 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1815.0255 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA7470 | Mantell; Gideon Algernon (1790 - 1852) | 1790 - 1852 |