Painting, 'A longitudinal section of the caverns lately discovered in the breakwater quarries at Oreston' by W C [William Clift] Plate 6 showing a section of the caves at Oreston, near Plymouth, Devon [England], the site of excavations for palaeolithic remains visited by William Buckland and other contemporary scientists. The work has the heading 'Sketch No. 1. A longitudinal section of the caverns lately discovered in the breakwater quarries at Oreston.' There is an inset reference key and various explanatory captions. The work has a scale, below, of 1 inch to 10 feet. Inscribed with publication and plate details and a pencil note upper right 'To be reduced to usual size'. Inscribed and initialled in ink lower right 'Oreston Quarries Augt. 12th 1822 W.C.' Royal Society stamp verso. Subject: Palaeontology Published in Philosophical Transactions as part of paper titled 'On some fossil bones discovered in caverns in the limestone quarries of Oreston' by Joseph Whidbey. Read to the Royal Society on 6 February 1823. 12 August 1822