| RefNo | PT/75/1/10a |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Paintings, 'Emys benstedi. In the collection of Dr Mantell' by Jos [Joseph] Dinkel |
| Date | [1841] |
| Description | Plate 11, showing dorsal view 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. |
| Extent | 1p |
| Format | Painting |
| PhysicalDescription | Watercolour and graphite on paper |
| Dimensions | 336x225mm |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1841.0014 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1837.0165 |
| RelatedRecord | PT/25/5 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7470 | Mantell; Gideon Algernon (1790 - 1852) | 1790 - 1852 |